diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e5eab595a4..d26fa15d39 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20250922181213-ec3ebc5fd46b
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4
-	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20260212092700-0126b283bf20
+	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20260415132636-9909d690ab4d
 	sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5345f41cf8..68e114fda6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250910181357-589584f1c912 h1:Y3gxNAuB0OBLImH611+UDZ
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250910181357-589584f1c912/go.mod h1:kdmbQkyfwUagLfXIad1y2TdrjPFWp2Q89B3qkRwf/pQ=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4 h1:SjGebBtkBqHFOli+05xYbK8YF1Dzkbzn+gDM4X9T4Ck=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
-knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20260212092700-0126b283bf20 h1:Ocya6ILPQxGrozD5gPELC4J2ASnqvTLvYGJjddKr4Fs=
-knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20260212092700-0126b283bf20/go.mod h1:L5RzHgbvam0u8QFHfzCX6MKxu/a/gIGEdaRBqNiVbl0=
+knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20260415132636-9909d690ab4d h1:ckrA4ssLeQF0dKfvL8Do9IKR+5tHE9Oiy1eNx+3YNz8=
+knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20260415132636-9909d690ab4d/go.mod h1:L5RzHgbvam0u8QFHfzCX6MKxu/a/gIGEdaRBqNiVbl0=
 pgregory.net/rapid v1.1.0 h1:CMa0sjHSru3puNx+J0MIAuiiEV4N0qj8/cMWGBBCsjw=
 pgregory.net/rapid v1.1.0/go.mod h1:PY5XlDGj0+V1FCq0o192FdRhpKHGTRIWBgqjDBTrq04=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 h1:IpInykpT6ceI+QxKBbEflcR5EXP7sU1kvOlxwZh5txg=
diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/hack/library.sh b/vendor/knative.dev/hack/library.sh
index 447484b6de..2dbe5a7a06 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/hack/library.sh
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/hack/library.sh
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ function run_kntest() {
 # Run go-licenses to check for forbidden licenses.
 function check_licenses() {
   # Check that we don't have any forbidden licenses.
-  go_run github.com/google/go-licenses@v1.6.0 \
+  go_run github.com/google/go-licenses/v2@v2.0.1 \
     check "${REPO_ROOT_DIR}/..." || \
     { echo "--- FAIL: go-licenses failed the license check"; return 1; }
 }
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 43147bf3bb..247742aa6a 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ k8s.io/utils/lru
 k8s.io/utils/net
 k8s.io/utils/ptr
 k8s.io/utils/trace
-# knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20260212092700-0126b283bf20
+# knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20260415132636-9909d690ab4d
 ## explicit; go 1.24
 knative.dev/hack
 # sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730