diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1826a2e3..4b880df6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.18.12
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20200410145947-bcb3869e6f29
 	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20201214230143-4ed1ecb8db24
-	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20201216162758-261c9b4624df
+	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20201218185703-e41409af6cff
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8cbc0a54..2590b29d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1172,8 +1172,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20200603063816-c1c6865ac451 h1:v8ud2Up6QK1lNOKFgiIVrZdMg7Mpm
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20200603063816-c1c6865ac451/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
 knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20201214230143-4ed1ecb8db24 h1:kIztWfvnIFV8Lhlea02K3YO2mIzcDyQNzrBLn0Oq9sA=
 knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20201214230143-4ed1ecb8db24/go.mod h1:PHt8x8yX5Z9pPquBEfIj0X66f8iWkWfR0S/sarACJrI=
-knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20201216162758-261c9b4624df h1:rVbKwiRXpBKEiOET0xBwNDCe0q1gYYTTHXxOpYX6+GQ=
-knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20201216162758-261c9b4624df/go.mod h1:VjrwVhfEZUnn6FruncHcBm854FldnRpekpyBbYtBvZM=
+knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20201218185703-e41409af6cff h1:qLPWOSpK2Nh5r6GboAFBsWIxmaAKlq+XYWdKOhoKht8=
+knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20201218185703-e41409af6cff/go.mod h1:hckgW978SdzPA2H5EDvRPY8xsnPuDZLJLbPf8Jte7Q0=
 pgregory.net/rapid v0.3.3/go.mod h1:UYpPVyjFHzYBGHIxLFoupi8vwk6rXNzRY9OMvVxFIOU=
 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/pkg/metrics/config.go b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/metrics/config.go
index d4ae24ad..535c8e9b 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/metrics/config.go
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/metrics/config.go
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func createMetricsConfig(ctx context.Context, ops ExporterOptions) (*metricsConf
 	}
 
 	switch lb := metricsBackend(strings.ToLower(backend)); lb {
-	case stackdriver, prometheus, openCensus:
+	case stackdriver, prometheus, openCensus, none:
 		mc.backendDestination = lb
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported metrics backend value %q", backend)
diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/metrics/exporter.go b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/metrics/exporter.go
index 0c680106..b98a18de 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/metrics/exporter.go
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/metrics/exporter.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
+	"go.opencensus.io/resource"
 	"go.opencensus.io/stats/view"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -161,13 +162,13 @@ func UpdateExporter(ctx context.Context, ops ExporterOptions, logger *zap.Sugare
 		flushGivenExporter(curMetricsExporter)
 		e, f, err := newMetricsExporter(newConfig, logger)
 		if err != nil {
-			logger.Errorw("Failed to update a new metrics exporter based on metric config", newConfig, zap.Error(err))
+			logger.Errorw("Failed to update a new metrics exporter based on metric config", zap.Error(err), "config", newConfig)
 			return err
 		}
 		existingConfig := curMetricsConfig
 		curMetricsExporter = e
 		if err := setFactory(f); err != nil {
-			logger.Errorw("Failed to update metrics factory when loading metric config", newConfig, zap.Error(err))
+			logger.Errorw("Failed to update metrics factory when loading metric config", zap.Error(err), "config", newConfig)
 			return err
 		}
 		logger.Infof("Successfully updated the metrics exporter; old config: %v; new config %v", existingConfig, newConfig)
@@ -212,7 +213,10 @@ func newMetricsExporter(config *metricsConfig, logger *zap.SugaredLogger) (view.
 		openCensus:  newOpenCensusExporter,
 		prometheus:  newPrometheusExporter,
 		none: func(*metricsConfig, *zap.SugaredLogger) (view.Exporter, ResourceExporterFactory, error) {
-			return nil, nil, nil
+			noneFactory := func(*resource.Resource) (view.Exporter, error) {
+				return &noneExporter{}, nil
+			}
+			return &noneExporter{}, noneFactory, nil
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -272,3 +276,10 @@ func flushGivenExporter(e view.Exporter) bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }
+
+type noneExporter struct {
+}
+
+// NoneExporter implements view.Exporter in the nil case.
+func (*noneExporter) ExportView(*view.Data) {
+}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 52e0f1dc..aca948f5 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ k8s.io/utils/trace
 # knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20201214230143-4ed1ecb8db24
 ## explicit
 knative.dev/hack
-# knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20201216162758-261c9b4624df
+# knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20201218185703-e41409af6cff
 ## explicit
 knative.dev/pkg/apis
 knative.dev/pkg/apis/duck