diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 752a4c02b5..097db78cfc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20240129211411-f967bbeff4b4
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240102154912-e7106e64919e
-	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20240327124551-7e71024d29bd
+	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20240327150553-47368d631660
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dd55bc0a1b..0f16b130db 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -785,8 +785,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20231010175941-2dd684a91f00 h1:aVUu9fTY98ivBPKR9Y5w/A
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20231010175941-2dd684a91f00/go.mod h1:AsvuZPBlUDVuCdzJ87iajxtXuR9oktsTctW/R9wwouA=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240102154912-e7106e64919e h1:eQ/4ljkx21sObifjzXwlPKpdGLrCfRziVtos3ofG/sQ=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240102154912-e7106e64919e/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
-knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20240327124551-7e71024d29bd h1:tSFFAPYhN5d39ze+orScRvg43V85GaaSkUiDdLqZZ3I=
-knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20240327124551-7e71024d29bd/go.mod h1:yk2OjGDsbEnQjfxdm0/HJKS2WqTLEFg/N6nUs6Rqx3Q=
+knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20240327150553-47368d631660 h1:tW6NgyjMnSXBS75+k+Xh5uNiLhJ9TFswS9hrkC3OQOc=
+knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20240327150553-47368d631660/go.mod h1:yk2OjGDsbEnQjfxdm0/HJKS2WqTLEFg/N6nUs6Rqx3Q=
 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/library.sh b/vendor/knative.dev/hack/library.sh
index 6f6a24c8eb..e5d21b70e6 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/hack/library.sh
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/hack/library.sh
@@ -772,8 +772,8 @@ function __go_update_deps_for_module() {
     remove_broken_symlinks ./vendor
   fi
 
-  group "Updating licenses"
-  update_licenses third_party/VENDOR-LICENSE "./..."
+  group "Checking licenses"
+  check_licenses
   )
 }
 
@@ -809,18 +809,6 @@ function run_kntest() {
   go_run knative.dev/test-infra/tools/kntest/cmd/kntest@latest "$@"
 }
 
-# Run go-licenses to update licenses.
-# Parameters: $1 - output file, relative to repo root dir.
-#             $2 - directory to inspect.
-function update_licenses() {
-  local dst=$1
-  local dir=$2
-  shift
-  go_run github.com/google/go-licenses@v1.6.0 \
-    save "${dir}" --save_path="${dst}" --force || \
-    { echo "--- FAIL: go-licenses failed to update licenses"; return 1; }
-}
-
 # Run go-licenses to check for forbidden licenses.
 function check_licenses() {
   # Check that we don't have any forbidden licenses.
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index a336b10deb..940128a084 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ k8s.io/utils/pointer
 k8s.io/utils/ptr
 k8s.io/utils/strings/slices
 k8s.io/utils/trace
-# knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20240327124551-7e71024d29bd
+# knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20240327150553-47368d631660
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 knative.dev/hack
 # sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd