kubernetes-kubeadm depends on kubernetes package

Following official kubernetes upgrade guide with kubeadm: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubeadm/kubeadm-upgrade-1-12/
kubeadm package needs to be installed first and then after performing control plane upgrade with "kubeadm upgrade apply" the kubelet (which is included in kubernetes package in PhotonOS) needs to be updated.
However running tdnf upgrade kubernetes-kubeadm-1.12.7-2.ph2 on PhotonOS2 also upgrades it's dependency kubernetes package:

tdnf upgrade  kubernetes-kubeadm-1.12.7      

Upgrading:
kubernetes                                                   x86_64                         1.12.7-1.ph2                             photon-updates                    675.29M 708090036
kubernetes-kubeadm                                           x86_64                         1.12.7-1.ph2                             photon-updates                      30.65M 32138441

This interdependency breaks kubeadm upgrade process and makes kubernetes cluster upgrade v1.11 -> v1.12 on PhotonOS impossible.

Expected behaviour: kubernetes-kubeadm and kubernetes packages (v > 1.11) can be upgraded independently.

Start with the Kubernetes 1.11 to 1.12 upgrade guide and reproduce the reported tdnf upgrade kubernetes-kubeadm-1.12.7-2.ph2 behavior on PhotonOS 2. Inspect the package dependency metadata for kubernetes-kubeadm and kubernetes; done means upgrading kubeadm does not force an upgrade of the kubernetes package for versions above 1.11.