diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 56799cdb..423b925c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v11.0.1-0.20190805182717-6502b5e7b1b5+incompatible
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.18.8
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20200410145947-bcb3869e6f29
-	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20200922164940-4bf40ad82aab
+	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20201026165741-2f75016c1368
 	knative.dev/test-infra v0.0.0-20200921012245-37f1a12adbd3
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ef7adb49..d8b2942f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1894,8 +1894,8 @@ knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20200505191044-3da93ebb24c2/go.mod h1:Q6sL35DdGs8hIQZKdaC
 knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20200515002500-16d7b963416f/go.mod h1:tMOHGbxtRz8zYFGEGpV/bpoTEM1o89MwYFC4YJXl3GY=
 knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20200528142800-1c6815d7e4c9/go.mod h1:QgNZTxnwpB/oSpNcfnLVlw+WpEwwyKAvJlvR3hgeltA=
 knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20200711004937-22502028e31a/go.mod h1:AqAJV6rYi8IGikDjJ/9ZQd9qKdkXVlesVnVjwx62YB8=
-knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20200922164940-4bf40ad82aab h1:4Q+sGqdN4ecLPZnIJcLDdQArEE9oOtRYiU2J6NPCCjU=
-knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20200922164940-4bf40ad82aab/go.mod h1:MCyt5KqLaai6ENUitOgRAQsu7Gw7cAIIiXQ2IS+O0NI=
+knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20201026165741-2f75016c1368 h1:KzDx2IerB4km4TG4PunacQvuSeWv4TJXTzjZ3ryKZ9o=
+knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20201026165741-2f75016c1368/go.mod h1:MCyt5KqLaai6ENUitOgRAQsu7Gw7cAIIiXQ2IS+O0NI=
 knative.dev/test-infra v0.0.0-20200407185800-1b88cb3b45a5/go.mod h1:xcdUkMJrLlBswIZqL5zCuBFOC22WIPMQoVX1L35i0vQ=
 knative.dev/test-infra v0.0.0-20200505052144-5ea2f705bb55/go.mod h1:WqF1Azka+FxPZ20keR2zCNtiQA1MP9ZB4BH4HuI+SIU=
 knative.dev/test-infra v0.0.0-20200513011557-d03429a76034/go.mod h1:aMif0KXL4g19YCYwsy4Ocjjz5xgPlseYV+B95Oo4JGE=
diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/codegen/cmd/injection-gen/generators/reconciler_reconciler.go b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/codegen/cmd/injection-gen/generators/reconciler_reconciler.go
index 16c8a016..68c34133 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/codegen/cmd/injection-gen/generators/reconciler_reconciler.go
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/codegen/cmd/injection-gen/generators/reconciler_reconciler.go
@@ -603,15 +603,15 @@ func (r *reconcilerImpl) updateFinalizersFiltered(ctx {{.contextContext|raw}}, r
 	patcher := r.Client.{{.group}}{{.version}}().{{.type|apiGroup}}(resource.Namespace)
 	{{end}}
 	resourceName := resource.Name
-	resource, err = patcher.Patch(ctx, resourceName, {{.typesMergePatchType|raw}}, patch, {{.metav1PatchOptions|raw}}{})
+	updated, err := patcher.Patch(ctx, resourceName, {{.typesMergePatchType|raw}}, patch, {{.metav1PatchOptions|raw}}{})
 	if err != nil {
-		r.Recorder.Eventf(resource, {{.corev1EventTypeWarning|raw}}, "FinalizerUpdateFailed",
+		r.Recorder.Eventf(existing, {{.corev1EventTypeWarning|raw}}, "FinalizerUpdateFailed",
 			"Failed to update finalizers for %q: %v", resourceName, err)
 	} else {
-		r.Recorder.Eventf(resource, {{.corev1EventTypeNormal|raw}}, "FinalizerUpdate",
+		r.Recorder.Eventf(updated, {{.corev1EventTypeNormal|raw}}, "FinalizerUpdate",
 			"Updated %q finalizers", resource.GetName())
 	}
-	return resource, err
+	return updated, err
 }
 
 func (r *reconcilerImpl) setFinalizerIfFinalizer(ctx {{.contextContext|raw}}, resource *{{.type|raw}}) (*{{.type|raw}}, error) {
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index eab1c908..72c2d020 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/util/sets
 k8s.io/utils/buffer
 k8s.io/utils/integer
 k8s.io/utils/trace
-# knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20200922164940-4bf40ad82aab
+# knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20201026165741-2f75016c1368
 ## explicit
 knative.dev/pkg/apis
 knative.dev/pkg/apis/duck/ducktypes