diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 297ba34f3e..0831168d23 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ 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 v0.0.0-20240719133331-9c9eed6f6679
+	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20240801232131-441a19fc9ead
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7544e87a95..04103072cf 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -724,8 +724,8 @@ 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 v0.0.0-20240719133331-9c9eed6f6679 h1:tvbANb4KIO91DT1FGR4yCLA5E0qAmIeQ3DAGOkZGg4k=
-knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20240719133331-9c9eed6f6679/go.mod h1:R0ritgYtjLDO9527h5vb5X6gfvt5LCrJ55BNbVDsWiY=
+knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20240801232131-441a19fc9ead h1:ViH1OEO0LViKa6W61YKUpLzOp7CJCFL9yLyIojHIuQ8=
+knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20240801232131-441a19fc9ead/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 7c5c2ba522..5cc8f32358 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/hack/release.sh
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/hack/release.sh
@@ -33,36 +33,12 @@ readonly RELEASE_GCR="gcr.io/knative-releases/github.com/${ORG_NAME}/${REPO_NAME
 readonly NIGHTLY_SIGNING_IDENTITY="signer@knative-nightly.iam.gserviceaccount.com"
 readonly RELEASE_SIGNING_IDENTITY="signer@knative-releases.iam.gserviceaccount.com"
 
-# Georeplicate images to {us,eu,asia}.gcr.io
-readonly GEO_REPLICATION=(us eu asia)
-
 # Simple banner for logging purposes.
 # Parameters: $* - message to display.
 function banner() {
   subheader "$*"
 }
 
-# Tag images in the yaml files if $TAG is not empty.
-# $KO_DOCKER_REPO is the registry containing the images to tag with $TAG.
-# Parameters: $1..$n - files to parse for images (non .yaml files are ignored).
-function tag_images_in_yamls() {
-  [[ -z ${TAG} ]] && return 0
-  local SRC_DIR="${GOPATH}/src/"
-  local DOCKER_BASE="${KO_DOCKER_REPO}/${REPO_ROOT_DIR/$SRC_DIR}"
-  local GEO_REGIONS="${GEO_REPLICATION[@]} "
-  echo "Tagging any images under '${DOCKER_BASE}' with ${TAG}"
-  # shellcheck disable=SC2068
-  for file in $@; do
-    [[ "${file##*.}" != "yaml" ]] && continue
-    echo "Inspecting ${file}"
-    for image in $(grep -o "${DOCKER_BASE}/[a-z\./-]\+@sha256:[0-9a-f]\+" "${file}"); do
-      for region in "" ${GEO_REGIONS// /. }; do
-        gcloud -q container images add-tag "${image}" "${region}${image%%@*}:${TAG}"
-      done
-    done
-  done
-}
-
 # Copy the given files to the $RELEASE_GCS_BUCKET bucket's "latest" directory.
 # If $TAG is not empty, also copy them to $RELEASE_GCS_BUCKET bucket's "previous" directory.
 # Parameters: $1..$n - files to copy.
@@ -646,7 +622,6 @@ function run_validation_tests() {
 # Parameters: $1..$n - files to add to the release.
 function publish_artifacts() {
   (( ! PUBLISH_RELEASE )) && return
-  tag_images_in_yamls "${ARTIFACTS_TO_PUBLISH}"
   if [[ -n "${RELEASE_DIR}" ]]; then
     cp "${ARTIFACTS_TO_PUBLISH}" "${RELEASE_DIR}" || abort "cannot copy release to '${RELEASE_DIR}'"
   fi
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 58f781ea28..b93ad7257d 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ k8s.io/utils/pointer
 k8s.io/utils/ptr
 k8s.io/utils/strings/slices
 k8s.io/utils/trace
-# knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20240719133331-9c9eed6f6679
+# knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20240801232131-441a19fc9ead
 ## explicit; go 1.21
 knative.dev/hack
 # sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd