diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 904573b70f..cae1a37424 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20240404160639-a0386bf69313
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8
-	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20241016013844-21914567fbb4
+	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20241025103803-ef6e7e983a60
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index df32a4ade4..fdcabdbf65 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -723,8 +723,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240808142205-8e686545bdb8 h1:1Wof1cGQgA5pqgo8MxKPtf
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240808142205-8e686545bdb8/go.mod h1:Os6V6dZwLNii3vxFpxcNaTmH8LJJBkOTg1N0tOA0fvA=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8 h1:pUdcCO1Lk/tbT5ztQWOBi5HBgbBP1J8+AsQnQCKsi8A=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
-knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20241016013844-21914567fbb4 h1:+hdbDCWjRmkbDghA9/ZLKSjSIG138dPV3K2exX4uxMA=
-knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20241016013844-21914567fbb4/go.mod h1:R0ritgYtjLDO9527h5vb5X6gfvt5LCrJ55BNbVDsWiY=
+knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20241025103803-ef6e7e983a60 h1:LjBbosBvW/9/qjzIJtGpehPsbNWVvy1Fz8yZvMbFWe4=
+knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20241025103803-ef6e7e983a60/go.mod h1:R0ritgYtjLDO9527h5vb5X6gfvt5LCrJ55BNbVDsWiY=
 pgregory.net/rapid v1.1.0 h1:CMa0sjHSru3puNx+J0MIAuiiEV4N0qj8/cMWGBBCsjw=
 pgregory.net/rapid v1.1.0/go.mod h1:PY5XlDGj0+V1FCq0o192FdRhpKHGTRIWBgqjDBTrq04=
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/hack/release.sh b/vendor/knative.dev/hack/release.sh
index 450c0671b1..a378a5f805 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/hack/release.sh
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/hack/release.sh
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ RELEASE_NOTES=""
 RELEASE_BRANCH=""
 RELEASE_GCS_BUCKET="knative-nightly/${REPO_NAME}"
 RELEASE_DIR=""
-KO_FLAGS="-P --platform=all"
+export KO_FLAGS="-P --platform=all"
 VALIDATION_TESTS="./test/presubmit-tests.sh"
 ARTIFACTS_TO_PUBLISH=""
 FROM_NIGHTLY_RELEASE=""
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index c00bfbc0bf..50edf47bae 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ k8s.io/utils/pointer
 k8s.io/utils/ptr
 k8s.io/utils/strings/slices
 k8s.io/utils/trace
-# knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20241016013844-21914567fbb4
+# knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20241025103803-ef6e7e983a60
 ## explicit; go 1.21
 knative.dev/hack
 # sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd