diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e7c7eea8d5..97195d3efc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20221011193443-fad74ee6edd9
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.80.2-0.20221028030830-9ae4992afb54
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20221108210102-8e77b1f39fe2
-	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20230803220206-d7fde305c59f
+	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20230818155117-9cc05a31e8c0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 36512b799c..c76fa11bea 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -785,8 +785,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20221012153701-172d655c2280 h1:+70TFaan3hfJzs+7VK2o+O
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20221012153701-172d655c2280/go.mod h1:+Axhij7bCpeqhklhUTe3xmOn6bWxolyZEeyaFpjGtl4=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20221108210102-8e77b1f39fe2 h1:GfD9OzL11kvZN5iArC6oTS7RTj7oJOIfnislxYlqTj8=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20221108210102-8e77b1f39fe2/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
-knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20230803220206-d7fde305c59f h1:lV2VDTQhM6UNEQzWChSjCULG6m7JsvICx6ckQxzg60U=
-knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20230803220206-d7fde305c59f/go.mod h1:yk2OjGDsbEnQjfxdm0/HJKS2WqTLEFg/N6nUs6Rqx3Q=
+knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20230818155117-9cc05a31e8c0 h1:n9YEGYuoj31pAkhGlNL+xTQAeXKYTLeMmIZLWA9fAeo=
+knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20230818155117-9cc05a31e8c0/go.mod h1:yk2OjGDsbEnQjfxdm0/HJKS2WqTLEFg/N6nUs6Rqx3Q=
 pgregory.net/rapid v1.0.0 h1:iQaM2w5PZ6xvt6x7hbd7tiDS+nk7YPp5uCaEba+T/F4=
 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=
diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/hack/e2e-tests.sh b/vendor/knative.dev/hack/e2e-tests.sh
index 96290f9f3c..331511cc41 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/hack/e2e-tests.sh
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/hack/e2e-tests.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]:-$0}")/infra-library.sh"
 
-readonly TEST_RESULT_FILE=/tmp/${REPO_NAME}-e2e-result
-
 # Tear down the test resources.
 function teardown_test_resources() {
   header "Tearing down test environment"
@@ -133,6 +131,7 @@ E2E_SCRIPT=""
 function initialize() {
   local run_tests=0
   local custom_flags=()
+  local extra_gcloud_flags=()
   local parse_script_flags=0
   E2E_SCRIPT="$(get_canonical_path "$0")"
   local e2e_script_command=( "${E2E_SCRIPT}" "--run-tests" )
@@ -177,16 +176,12 @@ function initialize() {
     shift
   done
 
-  if [[ "${CLOUD_PROVIDER}" == "gke" ]]; then
-      custom_flags+=("--addons=NodeLocalDNS")
-  fi
-
   readonly SKIP_DUMP_ON_FAILURE
   readonly TEARDOWN
   readonly CLOUD_PROVIDER
 
   if (( ! run_tests )); then
-    create_test_cluster "${CLOUD_PROVIDER}" custom_flags e2e_script_command
+    create_test_cluster "${CLOUD_PROVIDER}" custom_flags extra_gcloud_flags e2e_script_command
   else
     setup_test_cluster
   fi
diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/hack/infra-library.sh b/vendor/knative.dev/hack/infra-library.sh
index 84a87e2a13..4782d09a4c 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/hack/infra-library.sh
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/hack/infra-library.sh
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function create_test_cluster() {
   fi
 
   case "$1" in
-    gke) create_gke_test_cluster "$2" "$3" "${4:-}" ;;
+    gke) create_gke_test_cluster "$2" "$3" "$4" "${5:-}" ;;
     kind) create_kind_test_cluster "$2" "$3" "${4:-}" ;;
     *) echo "unsupported provider: $1"; exit 1 ;;
   esac
@@ -117,29 +117,50 @@ function create_kind_test_cluster() {
 }
 
 # Create a GKE test cluster with kubetest2 and run the test command.
-# Parameters: $1 - custom flags defined in kntest
-#             $2 - test command to run after the cluster is created (optional)
+# Parameters: $1 - custom flags defined in kubetest2
+#             $2 - custom flags to pass directly to gcloud
+#             $3 - test command to run after the cluster is created (optional)
 function create_gke_test_cluster() {
   local -n _custom_flags=$1
-  local -n _test_command=$2
+  local -n _extra_gcloud_flags=$2
+  local -n _test_command=$3
 
   # We are disabling logs and metrics on Boskos Clusters by default as they are not used. Manually set ENABLE_GKE_TELEMETRY to true to enable telemetry
   # and ENABLE_PREEMPTIBLE_NODES to true to create preemptible/spot VMs. VM Preemption is a rare event and shouldn't be distruptive given the fault tolerant nature of our tests.
-  local extra_gcloud_flags=""
   if [[ "${ENABLE_GKE_TELEMETRY:-}" != "true" ]]; then
-    extra_gcloud_flags="${extra_gcloud_flags} --logging=NONE --monitoring=NONE"
+    _extra_gcloud_flags+=("--logging=NONE --monitoring=NONE")
+  fi
+
+  if [[ "${CLOUD_PROVIDER}" == "gke" ]]; then
+      extra_gcloud_flags+=("--addons=NodeLocalDNS")
   fi
 
   if [[ "${ENABLE_PREEMPTIBLE_NODES:-}" == "true" ]]; then
-    extra_gcloud_flags="${extra_gcloud_flags} --preemptible"
+    _extra_gcloud_flags+=("--preemptible")
   fi
+
+  _extra_gcloud_flags+=("--quiet")
   if ! command -v kubetest2 >/dev/null; then
     tmpbin="$(mktemp -d)"
     echo "kubetest2 not found, installing in temp path: ${tmpbin}"
     GOBIN="$tmpbin" go install sigs.k8s.io/kubetest2/...@latest
     export PATH="${tmpbin}:${PATH}"
   fi
-  run_kntest kubetest2 gke "${_custom_flags[@]}" \
-    --test-command="${_test_command[*]}" \
-    --extra-gcloud-flags="${extra_gcloud_flags}"
+  if [[ ! " ${_custom_flags[*]} " =~ "--machine-type=" ]]; then
+      _custom_flags+=("--machine-type=e2-standard-4")
+  fi
+  kubetest2 gke "${_custom_flags[@]}" \
+    --rundir-in-artifacts \
+    --up \
+    --down \
+    --boskos-heartbeat-interval-seconds=20 \
+    --v=1 \
+    --network=e2e-network \
+    --boskos-acquire-timeout-seconds=1200 \
+    --region="${E2E_CLUSTER_REGION},us-east1,us-west1" \
+    --gcloud-extra-flags="${_extra_gcloud_flags[*]}" \
+    --retryable-error-patterns='.*does not have enough resources available to fulfill.*,.*only \\d+ nodes out of \\d+ have registered; this is likely due to Nodes failing to start correctly.*,.*All cluster resources were brought up.+ but: component .+ from endpoint .+ is unhealthy.*' \
+    --test=exec \
+    -- \
+    "${_test_command[@]}"
 }
diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/hack/performance-tests.sh b/vendor/knative.dev/hack/performance-tests.sh
index 440668de8d..23e17e5b49 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/hack/performance-tests.sh
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/hack/performance-tests.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # This is a helper script for Knative performance test scripts.
 # See README.md for instructions on how to use it.
 
-source $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/library.sh
+source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"/library.sh
 
 # Configurable parameters.
 # If not provided, they will fall back to the default values.
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ EOF
     update_knative || abort "failed to update knative"
   fi
   # get benchmark name from the cluster name
-  local benchmark_name=$(get_benchmark_name "$1")
+  local benchmark_name
+  benchmark_name=$(get_benchmark_name "$1")
   if function_exists update_benchmark; then
     update_benchmark "${benchmark_name}" || abort "failed to update benchmark"
   fi
@@ -92,13 +93,16 @@ function get_benchmark_name() {
 # Update the clusters related to the current repo.
 function update_clusters() {
   header "Updating all clusters for ${REPO_NAME}"
-  local all_clusters=$(gcloud container clusters list --project="${PROJECT_NAME}" --format="csv[no-heading](name,zone)")
+  local all_clusters
+  all_clusters=$(gcloud container clusters list --project="${PROJECT_NAME}" --format="csv[no-heading](name,zone)")
   echo ">> Project contains clusters:" "${all_clusters}"
   for cluster in ${all_clusters}; do
-    local name=$(echo "${cluster}" | cut -f1 -d",")
+    local name
+    name=$(echo "${cluster}" | cut -f1 -d",")
     # the cluster name is prefixed with "${REPO_NAME}--", here we should only handle clusters belonged to the current repo
     [[ ! ${name} =~ ^${REPO_NAME}-- ]] && continue
-    local zone=$(echo "${cluster}" | cut -f2 -d",")
+    local zone
+    zone=$(echo "${cluster}" | cut -f2 -d",")
 
     # Update all resources installed on the cluster
     update_cluster "${name}" "${zone}"
@@ -109,7 +113,7 @@ function update_clusters() {
 # Run the perf-tests tool
 # Parameters: $1..$n - parameters passed to the tool
 function run_perf_cluster_tool() {
-  perf-tests $@
+  perf-tests "$@"
 }
 
 # Delete the old clusters belonged to the current repo, and recreate them with the same configuration.
diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/hack/presubmit-tests.sh b/vendor/knative.dev/hack/presubmit-tests.sh
index 1c6e5a8dfb..d210dc703f 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/hack/presubmit-tests.sh
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/hack/presubmit-tests.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # This is a helper script for Knative presubmit test scripts.
 # See README.md for instructions on how to use it.
 
-source $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/library.sh
+source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"/library.sh
 
 # Custom configuration of presubmit tests
 readonly PRESUBMIT_TEST_FAIL_FAST=${PRESUBMIT_TEST_FAIL_FAST:-0}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 1015098a4d..39b1849155 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ k8s.io/utils/net
 k8s.io/utils/pointer
 k8s.io/utils/strings/slices
 k8s.io/utils/trace
-# knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20230803220206-d7fde305c59f
+# knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20230818155117-9cc05a31e8c0
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 knative.dev/hack
 # sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20220713155537-f223a00ba0e2