diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 461a18d5..1826a2e3 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 v0.0.0-20201215202458-ef8048c0ba77
+	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20201216162758-261c9b4624df
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3d24b272..8cbc0a54 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 v0.0.0-20201215202458-ef8048c0ba77 h1:N9DkFX8F4h86MGXgbvr5Sz9ojj6qMOm2IyIZRqXbC+g=
-knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20201215202458-ef8048c0ba77/go.mod h1:VjrwVhfEZUnn6FruncHcBm854FldnRpekpyBbYtBvZM=
+knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20201216162758-261c9b4624df h1:rVbKwiRXpBKEiOET0xBwNDCe0q1gYYTTHXxOpYX6+GQ=
+knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20201216162758-261c9b4624df/go.mod h1:VjrwVhfEZUnn6FruncHcBm854FldnRpekpyBbYtBvZM=
 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/controller/controller.go b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/controller/controller.go
index 941117c7..341e4ab2 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/controller/controller.go
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/controller/controller.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
+	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
@@ -265,9 +266,12 @@ func (c *Impl) EnqueueAfter(obj interface{}, after time.Duration) {
 // and enqueues that key in the slow lane.
 func (c *Impl) EnqueueSlowKey(key types.NamespacedName) {
 	c.workQueue.SlowLane().Add(key)
-	c.logger.With(zap.String(logkey.Key, key.String())).
-		Debugf("Adding to the slow queue %s (depth(total/slow): %d/%d)",
-			safeKey(key), c.workQueue.Len(), c.workQueue.SlowLane().Len())
+
+	if logger := c.logger.Desugar(); logger.Core().Enabled(zapcore.DebugLevel) {
+		logger.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("Adding to the slow queue %s (depth(total/slow): %d/%d)",
+			safeKey(key), c.workQueue.Len(), c.workQueue.SlowLane().Len()),
+			zap.String(logkey.Key, key.String()))
+	}
 }
 
 // EnqueueSlow extracts namespaced name from the object and enqueues it on the slow
@@ -393,8 +397,11 @@ func (c *Impl) EnqueueNamespaceOf(obj interface{}) {
 // EnqueueKey takes a namespace/name string and puts it onto the work queue.
 func (c *Impl) EnqueueKey(key types.NamespacedName) {
 	c.workQueue.Add(key)
-	c.logger.With(zap.String(logkey.Key, key.String())).
-		Debugf("Adding to queue %s (depth: %d)", safeKey(key), c.workQueue.Len())
+
+	if logger := c.logger.Desugar(); logger.Core().Enabled(zapcore.DebugLevel) {
+		logger.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("Adding to queue %s (depth: %d)", safeKey(key), c.workQueue.Len()),
+			zap.String(logkey.Key, key.String()))
+	}
 }
 
 // MaybeEnqueueBucketKey takes a Bucket and namespace/name string and puts it onto
@@ -409,8 +416,11 @@ func (c *Impl) MaybeEnqueueBucketKey(bkt reconciler.Bucket, key types.Namespaced
 // the work queue after given delay.
 func (c *Impl) EnqueueKeyAfter(key types.NamespacedName, delay time.Duration) {
 	c.workQueue.AddAfter(key, delay)
-	c.logger.With(zap.String(logkey.Key, key.String())).
-		Debugf("Adding to queue %s (delay: %v, depth: %d)", safeKey(key), delay, c.workQueue.Len())
+
+	if logger := c.logger.Desugar(); logger.Core().Enabled(zapcore.DebugLevel) {
+		logger.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("Adding to queue %s (delay: %v, depth: %d)", safeKey(key), delay, c.workQueue.Len()),
+			zap.String(logkey.Key, key.String()))
+	}
 }
 
 // RunContext starts the controller's worker threads, the number of which is threadiness.
diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/logging/config.go b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/logging/config.go
index 1effe1b3..7e8636f9 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/logging/config.go
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/logging/config.go
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ func UpdateLevelFromConfigMap(logger *zap.SugaredLogger, atomicLevel zap.AtomicL
 			case errors.Is(err, errEmptyLoggerConfig):
 				level = zap.NewAtomicLevel().Level()
 			case err != nil:
-				logger.With(zap.Error(err)).Errorf("Failed to parse logger configuration. "+
-					"Previous log level retained for %v", levelKey)
+				logger.Errorw("Failed to parse logger configuration. Previous log level retained for "+levelKey,
+					zap.Error(err))
 				return
 			default:
 				level = loggingCfg.Level.Level()
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 4766516b..52e0f1dc 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 v0.0.0-20201215202458-ef8048c0ba77
+# knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20201216162758-261c9b4624df
 ## explicit
 knative.dev/pkg/apis
 knative.dev/pkg/apis/duck