diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d346a168..c6761cbe 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.19.7
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.19.7
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20200805222855-6aeccd4b50c6
-	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20210325223819-b6ab329907d3
-	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210422210038-0c5259d6504d
+	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20210423193138-b5f6e2587f6d
+	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210423162638-78b8140ed19c
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f204aeb4..0d0fc355 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1220,8 +1220,10 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20200729134348-d5654de09c73 h1:uJmqzgNWG7XyClnU/mLPBWwfKKF1K
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20200729134348-d5654de09c73/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
 knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20210325223819-b6ab329907d3 h1:km0Rrh0T9/wA2pivQm1hqSPVwgNgGCHC2WNn3GakZmE=
 knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20210325223819-b6ab329907d3/go.mod h1:PHt8x8yX5Z9pPquBEfIj0X66f8iWkWfR0S/sarACJrI=
-knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210422210038-0c5259d6504d h1:ilIOXb2KfleKeW/JXqcoQK/BKi3D4X8HVmrKYek32Go=
-knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210422210038-0c5259d6504d/go.mod h1:UtcSLHy2XIz5blWoPTA40F87zk4O7erxkCwv+7Tsmws=
+knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20210423193138-b5f6e2587f6d h1:DnJOozMA1X0O+l69LYjW3+Lx3jI1+SLZkRgMm6CrKJA=
+knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20210423193138-b5f6e2587f6d/go.mod h1:PHt8x8yX5Z9pPquBEfIj0X66f8iWkWfR0S/sarACJrI=
+knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210423162638-78b8140ed19c h1:sZw/k9V4Gyync9z9fpTvM/kIXIF8ciKVx8T144e7MzY=
+knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210423162638-78b8140ed19c/go.mod h1:UtcSLHy2XIz5blWoPTA40F87zk4O7erxkCwv+7Tsmws=
 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/pkg/client/injection/reconciler/caching/v1alpha1/image/reconciler.go b/pkg/client/injection/reconciler/caching/v1alpha1/image/reconciler.go
index 3f8a5ee6..9962fd53 100644
--- a/pkg/client/injection/reconciler/caching/v1alpha1/image/reconciler.go
+++ b/pkg/client/injection/reconciler/caching/v1alpha1/image/reconciler.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	context "context"
 	json "encoding/json"
 	fmt "fmt"
-	reflect "reflect"
 
 	zap "go.uber.org/zap"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -329,7 +328,7 @@ func (r *reconcilerImpl) updateStatus(ctx context.Context, existing *v1alpha1.Im
 		}
 
 		// If there's nothing to update, just return.
-		if reflect.DeepEqual(existing.Status, desired.Status) {
+		if equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(existing.Status, desired.Status) {
 			return nil
 		}
 
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 5bbb0cef..e239bf64 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
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ func (g *reconcilerReconcilerGenerator) GenerateType(c *generator.Context, t *ty
 			Name:    "SafeDiff",
 		}),
 		"fmtErrorf":           c.Universe.Package("fmt").Function("Errorf"),
-		"reflectDeepEqual":    c.Universe.Package("reflect").Function("DeepEqual"),
 		"equalitySemantic":    c.Universe.Package("k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality").Variable("Semantic"),
 		"jsonMarshal":         c.Universe.Package("encoding/json").Function("Marshal"),
 		"typesMergePatchType": c.Universe.Package("k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types").Constant("MergePatchType"),
@@ -545,7 +544,7 @@ func (r *reconcilerImpl) updateStatus(ctx {{.contextContext|raw}}, existing *{{.
 		}
 
 		// If there's nothing to update, just return.
-		if {{.reflectDeepEqual|raw}}(existing.Status, desired.Status) {
+		if {{.equalitySemantic|raw}}.DeepEqual(existing.Status, desired.Status) {
 			return nil
 		}
 
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 33b86bdf..3d5015ce 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -662,10 +662,10 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/util/sets
 k8s.io/utils/buffer
 k8s.io/utils/integer
 k8s.io/utils/trace
-# knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20210325223819-b6ab329907d3
+# knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20210423193138-b5f6e2587f6d
 ## explicit
 knative.dev/hack
-# knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210422210038-0c5259d6504d
+# knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210423162638-78b8140ed19c
 ## explicit
 knative.dev/pkg/apis
 knative.dev/pkg/apis/duck