diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 617d809a..bdd98957 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.23.8
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.23.8
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20211115234752-e816edb12b65
-	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20220610014127-dc6c287516dc
-	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20220621173822-9c5a7317fa9d
+	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20220629134730-e7d63651ce8f
+	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20220629132331-f4ae0aff5b9c
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cf0a14c4..eeacdae5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1145,10 +1145,10 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20211116205334-6203023598ed/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20220210201930-3a6ce19ff2f9 h1:HNSDgDCrr/6Ly3WEGKZftiE7IY19Vz2GdbOCyI4qqhc=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20220210201930-3a6ce19ff2f9/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
 knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20220524153203-12d3e2a7addc/go.mod h1:PHt8x8yX5Z9pPquBEfIj0X66f8iWkWfR0S/sarACJrI=
-knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20220610014127-dc6c287516dc h1:LyqyT+rtgZYfOb3ChGE5jTFApCOcUmAcSV+TzgLxnys=
-knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20220610014127-dc6c287516dc/go.mod h1:PHt8x8yX5Z9pPquBEfIj0X66f8iWkWfR0S/sarACJrI=
-knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20220621173822-9c5a7317fa9d h1:H/naKtQODjCIr9wFb1YOG17CgbkgSFMy5dX0WZnrz6o=
-knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20220621173822-9c5a7317fa9d/go.mod h1:hmwyuQ6uQlqLVEM4lJGg6LZ12gbnUQv9kH88sA5pLDg=
+knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20220629134730-e7d63651ce8f h1:FwQQcK4wqx53DYnwFNbmixKaAks0328Ys4qwF8nzQew=
+knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20220629134730-e7d63651ce8f/go.mod h1:PHt8x8yX5Z9pPquBEfIj0X66f8iWkWfR0S/sarACJrI=
+knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20220629132331-f4ae0aff5b9c h1:kkJWYg3h6bLAOt7q1elSiE8NHosPFg7fsbKXfFCThxc=
+knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20220629132331-f4ae0aff5b9c/go.mod h1:hmwyuQ6uQlqLVEM4lJGg6LZ12gbnUQv9kH88sA5pLDg=
 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/hack/release.sh b/vendor/knative.dev/hack/release.sh
index 915a1303..0448a775 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/hack/release.sh
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/hack/release.sh
@@ -234,13 +234,15 @@ function prepare_dot_release() {
   # Use the original tag (ie. potentially with a knative- prefix) when determining the last version commit sha
   local github_tag="$(hub_tool release | grep "${last_version}")"
   local last_release_commit="$(git rev-list -n 1 "${github_tag}")"
+  local last_release_commit_filtered="$(git rev-list --invert-grep --grep "\[skip-dot-release\]" -n 1 "${github_tag}")"
   local release_branch_commit="$(git rev-list -n 1 upstream/"${RELEASE_BRANCH}")"
+  local release_branch_commit_filtered="$(git rev-list --invert-grep --grep "\[skip-dot-release\]" -n 1 upstream/"${RELEASE_BRANCH}")"
   [[ -n "${last_release_commit}" ]] || abort "cannot get last release commit"
   [[ -n "${release_branch_commit}" ]] || abort "cannot get release branch last commit"
-  echo "Version ${last_version} is at commit ${last_release_commit}"
-  echo "Branch ${RELEASE_BRANCH} is at commit ${release_branch_commit}"
-  if [[ "${last_release_commit}" == "${release_branch_commit}" ]]; then
-    echo "*** Branch ${RELEASE_BRANCH} has no new cherry-picks since release ${last_version}"
+  echo "Version ${last_version} is at commit ${last_release_commit}. Comparing using ${last_release_commit_filtered}. If it is different is because commits with the [skip-dot-release] flag in their commit body are not being considered."
+  echo "Branch ${RELEASE_BRANCH} is at commit ${release_branch_commit}. Comparing using ${release_branch_commit_filtered}. If it is different is because commits with the [skip-dot-release] flag in their commit body are not being considered."
+  if [[ "${last_release_commit_filtered}" == "${release_branch_commit_filtered}" ]]; then
+    echo "*** Branch ${RELEASE_BRANCH} has no new cherry-picks (ignoring commits with [skip-dot-release]) since release ${last_version}."
     echo "*** No dot release will be generated, as no changes exist"
     exit 0
   fi
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 95634113..14a0da06 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -600,10 +600,10 @@ k8s.io/utils/integer
 k8s.io/utils/internal/third_party/forked/golang/net
 k8s.io/utils/net
 k8s.io/utils/trace
-# knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20220610014127-dc6c287516dc
+# knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20220629134730-e7d63651ce8f
 ## explicit
 knative.dev/hack
-# knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20220621173822-9c5a7317fa9d
+# knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20220629132331-f4ae0aff5b9c
 ## explicit
 knative.dev/pkg/apis
 knative.dev/pkg/apis/duck