diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 98bda60c..208e098e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.21.4
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210305001622-591a79e4bda7
 	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20210806075220-815cd312d65c
-	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210830224055-82f3a9f1c5bc
+	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210902202457-7a61343b36ca
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e279d839..c1af49f5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -978,8 +978,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20201110183641-67b214c5f920 h1:CbnUZsM497iRC5QMVkHwyl8s2tB3g
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20201110183641-67b214c5f920/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
 knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20210806075220-815cd312d65c h1:nOXoDWAAItwr4o0dp3nHr6skgpVD4IvME/UX84YNl5k=
 knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20210806075220-815cd312d65c/go.mod h1:PHt8x8yX5Z9pPquBEfIj0X66f8iWkWfR0S/sarACJrI=
-knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210830224055-82f3a9f1c5bc h1:cvJR8kJM4dj2YiLpxNLOkr+QXWAFku2X9kO1r9pXWPw=
-knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210830224055-82f3a9f1c5bc/go.mod h1:jMSqkNMsrzuy+XR4Yr/BMy7SDVbUOl3KKB6+5MR+ZU8=
+knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210902202457-7a61343b36ca h1:1tsBZgj1FheRcDQrIReteUiU/afjTZG8j5hTM3iBkJQ=
+knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210902202457-7a61343b36ca/go.mod h1:jMSqkNMsrzuy+XR4Yr/BMy7SDVbUOl3KKB6+5MR+ZU8=
 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/leaderelection/context.go b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/leaderelection/context.go
index d30ecd46..4758ccba 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/leaderelection/context.go
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/leaderelection/context.go
@@ -94,7 +94,11 @@ func BuildElector(ctx context.Context, la reconciler.LeaderAware, queueName stri
 	return &unopposedElector{
 		la:  la,
 		bkt: reconciler.UniversalBucket(),
-		enq: enq,
+		// The UniversalBucket owns everything, so there is never a need to
+		// enqueue things (no possible state change).  We pass nil here to
+		// avoid filling the queue for an extra resynce at startup along
+		// this path.
+		enq: nil,
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/reconciler/leader.go b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/reconciler/leader.go
index 6fece852..ed7254c4 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/reconciler/leader.go
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/reconciler/leader.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func (laf *LeaderAwareFuncs) Promote(b Bucket, enq func(Bucket, types.Namespaced
 		laf.buckets[b.Name()] = b
 	}()
 
-	if promote := laf.PromoteFunc; promote != nil {
+	if promote := laf.PromoteFunc; promote != nil && enq != nil {
 		return promote(b, enq)
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 185b8388..572b0060 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ k8s.io/utils/trace
 # knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20210806075220-815cd312d65c
 ## explicit
 knative.dev/hack
-# knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210830224055-82f3a9f1c5bc
+# knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210902202457-7a61343b36ca
 ## explicit
 knative.dev/pkg/apis
 knative.dev/pkg/apis/duck