diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 57f79dec0f3..bd7e5b346b1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.36.0
 	gopkg.in/go-playground/webhooks.v3 v3.13.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0
-	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20230919151801-38316f28f0bf
+	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20230922134855-34850cddd60a
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e72b2378a7d..2a84ee86e66 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXf
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5cxcmMvtA=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0 h1:pSgiaMZlXftHpm5L7V1+rVB+AZJydKsMxsQBIJw4PKk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKsk=
 github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 h1:GqA5TC/0021Y/b9FG4Oi9Mr3q7XYx6KllzawFIhcdPw=
 github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6bBcMArwyJ5K/AmCkWv1jt77kVWyCJ6HpOuEn7z0Csc=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.25/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
@@ -539,8 +539,8 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.5 h1:nI5egYTGJakVyOryqLs1cQO5dO0ksin5XXs2pspk75k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.5/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20230919151801-38316f28f0bf h1:Hyyc838y8572zTWTuL2ymWAiAhL2ujz7OLlB/KMtHF0=
-knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20230919151801-38316f28f0bf/go.mod h1:dx0YG3YWqJu653e9tjcT0Q1ZdS9JJXLKbUhzr4EB0g8=
+knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20230922134855-34850cddd60a h1:49UQAWesCa31hlEr+hJV1olDlK+ZhyYwI+KEFTgC8K8=
+knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20230922134855-34850cddd60a/go.mod h1:WA6zi0u24QTDuFZUeqBwSerEh4Io8lxe6UmvolOzA24=
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
 rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/hack/go.work.sum b/vendor/knative.dev/hack/go.work.sum
deleted file mode 100644
index d709822f8c2..00000000000
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/hack/go.work.sum
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9 h1:psW17arqaxU48Z5kZ0CQnkZWQJsqcURM6tKiBApRjXI=
-golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543 h1:E7g+9GITq07hpfrRu66IVDexMakfv52eLZ2CXBWiKr4=
diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/hack/library.sh b/vendor/knative.dev/hack/library.sh
index 40a95663e5a..770b249ec5d 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/hack/library.sh
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/hack/library.sh
@@ -672,7 +672,30 @@ function foreach_go_module() {
 # global env var: FLOATING_DEPS
 # --upgrade will set GOPROXY to direct unless it is already set.
 function go_update_deps() {
+  # The go.work.sum will be truncated if it exists. This is to allow the
+  # `go mod tidy` to resolve the dependencies, without the influence of the
+  # sums from the workspace.
+  __clean_goworksum_if_exists
   foreach_go_module __go_update_deps_for_module "$@"
+  __remove_goworksum_if_empty
+}
+
+function __clean_goworksum_if_exists() {
+  if [ -f "$REPO_ROOT_DIR/go.work.sum" ]; then
+    echo "=== Cleaning the go.work.sum file"
+    true > "$REPO_ROOT_DIR/go.work.sum"
+  fi
+}
+
+function __remove_goworksum_if_empty() {
+  if [ -f "$REPO_ROOT_DIR/go.work" ]; then
+    echo "=== Syncing the go workspace"
+    go work sync
+  fi
+  if ! [ -s "$REPO_ROOT_DIR/go.work.sum" ]; then
+    echo "=== Removing empty go.work.sum"
+    rm -f "$REPO_ROOT_DIR/go.work.sum"
+  fi
 }
 
 function __go_update_deps_for_module() {
@@ -731,26 +754,22 @@ function __go_update_deps_for_module() {
   fi
   eval "$orig_pipefail_opt"
 
-  if ! [[ "${FORCE_VENDOR:-false}" == "true" ]] && ! [ -d vendor ]; then
-    return 0
-  fi
-
-  group "Removing unwanted vendor files"
+  if [[ "${FORCE_VENDOR:-false}" == "true" ]] || [ -d vendor ]; then
+    group "Removing unwanted vendor files"
+    find vendor/ \( -name "OWNERS" \
+      -o -name "OWNERS_ALIASES" \
+      -o -name "BUILD" \
+      -o -name "BUILD.bazel" \
+      -o -name "*_test.go" \) -exec rm -f {} +
 
-  # Remove unwanted vendor files
-  find vendor/ \( -name "OWNERS" \
-    -o -name "OWNERS_ALIASES" \
-    -o -name "BUILD" \
-    -o -name "BUILD.bazel" \
-    -o -name "*_test.go" \) -exec rm -f {} +
+    export GOFLAGS=-mod=vendor
 
-  export GOFLAGS=-mod=vendor
+    group "Removing broken symlinks"
+    remove_broken_symlinks ./vendor
+  fi
 
   group "Updating licenses"
   update_licenses third_party/VENDOR-LICENSE "./..."
-
-  group "Removing broken symlinks"
-  remove_broken_symlinks ./vendor
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 471b7261b60..3eabdd912d9 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ gopkg.in/go-playground/webhooks.v3/github
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2
 # honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.5
 ## explicit; go 1.11
-# knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20230919151801-38316f28f0bf
+# knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20230922134855-34850cddd60a
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 knative.dev/hack
 # go.opencensus.io => go.opencensus.io v0.20.2