diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/Makefile b/cluster-autoscaler/Makefile
index 663856747502..b88cd75288b4 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/Makefile
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 ALL_ARCH = amd64 arm64 s390x
 all: $(addprefix build-arch-,$(ALL_ARCH))
 
+# TODO: #8127 - Use default analyzers set by `go test` to include `printf` analyzer.
+# Default analyzers that go test runs according to https://github.com/golang/go/blob/52624e533fe52329da5ba6ebb9c37712048168e0/src/cmd/go/internal/test/test.go#L649
+# This doesn't include the `printf` analyzer until cluster-autoscaler libraries are updated.
+GO_TEST_DEFAULT_ANALYZERS?=atomic,bool,buildtags,directive,errorsas,ifaceassert,nilfunc,slog,stringintconv,tests
 TAG?=dev
 FLAGS=
 LDFLAGS?=-s
@@ -129,7 +133,7 @@ container-arch-%: build-in-docker-arch-% make-image-arch-%
 	@echo "Full in-docker image ${TAG}${FOR_PROVIDER}-$* completed"
 
 test-in-docker: clean docker-builder
-	docker run ${RM_FLAG} -v `pwd`:/cluster-autoscaler/:Z autoscaling-builder:latest bash -c 'cd /cluster-autoscaler && go test -race ./... ${TAGS_FLAG}'
+	docker run ${RM_FLAG} -v `pwd`:/cluster-autoscaler/:Z autoscaling-builder:latest bash -c 'cd /cluster-autoscaler && go test -race ./... -vet="${GO_TEST_DEFAULT_ANALYZERS}" ${TAGS_FLAG}'
 
 .PHONY: all build test-unit clean format execute-release dev-release docker-builder build-in-docker release generate push-image push-manifest