diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4a9a3ccdd..0f1a3c596 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.30.3
 	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20241010131451-05b2fb30cb4d
 	knative.dev/networking v0.0.0-20241015085032-a3d46633cfb3
-	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20241015082832-95b4b97567b5
+	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20241021053726-4af9a0d3f8b5
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e139184ec..0787fc98e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -688,8 +688,8 @@ knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20241010131451-05b2fb30cb4d h1:aCfX7kwkvgGxXXGbso5tLqdwQ
 knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20241010131451-05b2fb30cb4d/go.mod h1:R0ritgYtjLDO9527h5vb5X6gfvt5LCrJ55BNbVDsWiY=
 knative.dev/networking v0.0.0-20241015085032-a3d46633cfb3 h1:pnCWTaxtOdiqtjJC0kGw+4qC7ChH3DkchReSSSBtLQ8=
 knative.dev/networking v0.0.0-20241015085032-a3d46633cfb3/go.mod h1:xaOhZH277o5f7VTWOBeDQNrGGXeNV2B9dxMn3bp26Ow=
-knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20241015082832-95b4b97567b5 h1:0ZKQVzST2Y3nSud1hNzTYM+UhTHKOJLjSfmZmzjwpN4=
-knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20241015082832-95b4b97567b5/go.mod h1:StJI72GWcm/iErmk4RqFJiOo8RLbVqPbHxUqeVwAzeo=
+knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20241021053726-4af9a0d3f8b5 h1:T+40/2nEh78mT31zYUMjL3ENrZSM6jNApGgz+tcDqwc=
+knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20241021053726-4af9a0d3f8b5/go.mod h1:StJI72GWcm/iErmk4RqFJiOo8RLbVqPbHxUqeVwAzeo=
 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=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/webhook/env.go b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/webhook/env.go
index ffb757011..e622f5f97 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/webhook/env.go
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/webhook/env.go
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ const (
 	secretNameEnvKey = "WEBHOOK_SECRET_NAME" //nolint:gosec // This is not a hardcoded credential
 
 	tlsMinVersionEnvKey = "WEBHOOK_TLS_MIN_VERSION"
+
+	disableNamespaceOwnershipEnvKey = "WEBHOOK_DISABLE_NAMESPACE_OWNERSHIP"
 )
 
 // PortFromEnv returns the webhook port set by portEnvKey, or default port if env var is not set.
@@ -82,3 +84,15 @@ func TLSMinVersionFromEnv(defaultTLSMinVersion uint16) uint16 {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("the environment variable %q has to be either '1.2' or '1.3'", tlsMinVersionEnvKey))
 	}
 }
+
+func DisableNamespaceOwnershipFromEnv() *bool {
+	disableNamespaceOwnership := os.Getenv(disableNamespaceOwnershipEnvKey)
+	if disableNamespaceOwnership == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	disableNamespaceOwnershipBool, err := strconv.ParseBool(disableNamespaceOwnership)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("failed to convert the environment variable %q : %v", disableNamespaceOwnershipEnvKey, err))
+	}
+	return &disableNamespaceOwnershipBool
+}
diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/webhook/webhook.go b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/webhook/webhook.go
index 1b90e75fc..dc1981796 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/webhook/webhook.go
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/webhook/webhook.go
@@ -81,8 +81,10 @@ type Options struct {
 	// before shutting down.
 	GracePeriod time.Duration
 
-	// DisableNamespaceOwnership configures whether the webhook adds an owner reference for the SYSTEM_NAMESPACE
-	// Disabling this is useful when you expect the webhook configuration to be managed by something other than knative
+	// DisableNamespaceOwnership configures if the SYSTEM_NAMESPACE is added as an owner reference to the
+	// webhook configuration resources. Overridden by the WEBHOOK_DISABLE_NAMESPACE_OWNERSHIP environment variable.
+	// Disabling can be useful to avoid breaking systems that expect ownership to indicate a true controller
+	// relationship: https://github.com/knative/serving/issues/15483
 	DisableNamespaceOwnership bool
 
 	// ControllerOptions encapsulates options for creating a new controller,
@@ -164,6 +166,12 @@ func New(
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported TLS version: %d", opts.TLSMinVersion)
 	}
 
+	// if the environment variable is set, it overrides the value in the Options
+	disableNamespaceOwnership := DisableNamespaceOwnershipFromEnv()
+	if disableNamespaceOwnership != nil {
+		opts.DisableNamespaceOwnership = *disableNamespaceOwnership
+	}
+
 	syncCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 
 	webhook = &Webhook{
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 7de81de1f..3b21b969f 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ knative.dev/networking/test/test_images/runtime/handlers
 knative.dev/networking/test/test_images/timeout
 knative.dev/networking/test/test_images/wsserver
 knative.dev/networking/test/types
-# knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20241015082832-95b4b97567b5
+# knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20241021053726-4af9a0d3f8b5
 ## explicit; go 1.22.0
 knative.dev/pkg/apis
 knative.dev/pkg/apis/duck