diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5802112133..844b66f213 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.21
 require (
 	github.com/google/go-github/v32 v32.1.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0
-	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20241016013844-21914567fbb4
+	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20241025103803-ef6e7e983a60
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index befb91bfff..cf461a5141 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200227125254-8fa46927fb4f h1:BLraFXnmrev5lT+xlilqcH8X
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200227125254-8fa46927fb4f/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0 h1:clyUAQHOM3G0M3f5vQj7LuJrETvjVot3Z5el9nffUtU=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
-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=
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 dea36dcb15..9e28d8a40b 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ golang.org/x/crypto/openpgp/s2k
 # gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0
 ## explicit
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2
-# knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20241016013844-21914567fbb4
+# knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20241025103803-ef6e7e983a60
 ## explicit; go 1.21
 knative.dev/hack
 # go.opencensus.io => go.opencensus.io v0.20.2