diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c8679da100..27580da0ea 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.29.2
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.29.2
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.29.2
-	knative.dev/client-pkg v0.0.0-20240704014437-18eac77f7749
-	knative.dev/eventing v0.41.1-0.20240716144258-2cc0a5bedff5
+	knative.dev/client-pkg v0.0.0-20240724091446-8393d69ad672
+	knative.dev/eventing v0.42.0
 	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20240704013904-b9799599afcf
 	knative.dev/networking v0.0.0-20240716111826-bab7f2a3e556
 	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20240716082220-4355f0c73608
-	knative.dev/serving v0.41.1-0.20240716005350-fea0e7a481ea
+	knative.dev/serving v0.42.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0b7a3600db..ea123ae5eb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -832,18 +832,18 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20231010175941-2dd684a91f00 h1:aVUu9fTY98ivBPKR9Y5w/A
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20231010175941-2dd684a91f00/go.mod h1:AsvuZPBlUDVuCdzJ87iajxtXuR9oktsTctW/R9wwouA=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240102154912-e7106e64919e h1:eQ/4ljkx21sObifjzXwlPKpdGLrCfRziVtos3ofG/sQ=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240102154912-e7106e64919e/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
-knative.dev/client-pkg v0.0.0-20240704014437-18eac77f7749 h1:gv7ehDLzk/D6dBfPkY7cIChuZhDkf6K3a+/9Kmj0vz0=
-knative.dev/client-pkg v0.0.0-20240704014437-18eac77f7749/go.mod h1:KK2I9/U/k24Y7l4OwmluGEtV5CWoccjewRauaTJLOr4=
-knative.dev/eventing v0.41.1-0.20240716144258-2cc0a5bedff5 h1:R2GqnGZ/pqwQH4qVnc8Luc76gsHs08h/LF5L+7eAe7E=
-knative.dev/eventing v0.41.1-0.20240716144258-2cc0a5bedff5/go.mod h1:GuJo16nQITgEy7HLt0bwX7h1lAKteF3SD0QxUTBGkAM=
+knative.dev/client-pkg v0.0.0-20240724091446-8393d69ad672 h1:kPjt/WSTDTAOUKb4K9GUQafOc5IFHO8IguEE8Am3hW0=
+knative.dev/client-pkg v0.0.0-20240724091446-8393d69ad672/go.mod h1:Y56KfZx3gJJpju88l86jQ9csxywLiopR0GkxCWW3+Kg=
+knative.dev/eventing v0.42.0 h1:pbPPhV4JlgpHBZxLBhJTUf+4HuZe5y/zlkOGHZfvtZ0=
+knative.dev/eventing v0.42.0/go.mod h1:hW5BMYcihtCelT9pqaMtK8gmNOo1ybxcigjBY+/fU+k=
 knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20240704013904-b9799599afcf h1:n92FmZRywgtHso7pFAku7CW0qvRAs1hXtMQqO0R6eiE=
 knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20240704013904-b9799599afcf/go.mod h1:yk2OjGDsbEnQjfxdm0/HJKS2WqTLEFg/N6nUs6Rqx3Q=
 knative.dev/networking v0.0.0-20240716111826-bab7f2a3e556 h1:9OTyJkrjiFh/burZiti3WucGv8Qtt91VJTnXfO5dC2g=
 knative.dev/networking v0.0.0-20240716111826-bab7f2a3e556/go.mod h1:1PosUDkXqoHNzYxtLIwa7LFqSsIXBShHOseAb6XBeEU=
 knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20240716082220-4355f0c73608 h1:BOiRzcnRS9Z5ruxlCiS/K1/Hb5bUN0X4W3xCegdcYQE=
 knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20240716082220-4355f0c73608/go.mod h1:M67lDZ4KbltYSon0Ox4/6qjlZNOIXW4Ldequ81yofbw=
-knative.dev/serving v0.41.1-0.20240716005350-fea0e7a481ea h1:ycB8DgulgHYRezLmvlh2Pk46OvQCf6C5UtA8Y2lM/Ls=
-knative.dev/serving v0.41.1-0.20240716005350-fea0e7a481ea/go.mod h1:kjO+YscsftZ1aJsrcYkaNMerp3Mm1PLCJhOzOG43HgY=
+knative.dev/serving v0.42.0 h1:utItXW+L6inUfJ7Y1LgnbAMc/RyxvvAQNliGU2XC34s=
+knative.dev/serving v0.42.0/go.mod h1:3cgU8/864RcqA0ZPrc3jFcmS3uJL/mOlUZiYsXonwaE=
 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/test/common.sh b/test/common.sh
index e2d7960386..5ee8f6ce1b 100755
--- a/test/common.sh
+++ b/test/common.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function install_istio() {
   echo ">> Installing Istio"
   echo "Istio version: ${ISTIO_VERSION}"
   echo "Istio profile: ${ISTIO_PROFILE}"
-  ${NET_ISTIO_DIR}/third_party/istio-${ISTIO_VERSION}/install-istio.sh ${ISTIO_PROFILE}
+  kubectl apply -f ${NET_ISTIO_DIR}/third_party/istio-${ISTIO_VERSION}/${ISTIO_PROFILE%%.*}/istio.yaml
 
 }
 
diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/eventing/pkg/apis/eventing/v1alpha1/eventpolicy_validation.go b/vendor/knative.dev/eventing/pkg/apis/eventing/v1alpha1/eventpolicy_validation.go
index 0c267b3196..5f05c240df 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/eventing/pkg/apis/eventing/v1alpha1/eventpolicy_validation.go
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/eventing/pkg/apis/eventing/v1alpha1/eventpolicy_validation.go
@@ -20,10 +20,18 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"strings"
 
+	"knative.dev/eventing/pkg/apis/feature"
 	"knative.dev/pkg/apis"
 )
 
 func (ep *EventPolicy) Validate(ctx context.Context) *apis.FieldError {
+	// To not allow creation or spec updates of EventPolicy CRs
+	// if the oidc-authentication feature is not enabled
+	if apis.IsInCreate(ctx) || (apis.IsInUpdate(ctx) && apis.IsInSpec(ctx)) {
+		if !feature.FromContext(ctx).IsOIDCAuthentication() {
+			return apis.ErrGeneric("oidc-authentication feature not enabled")
+		}
+	}
 	return ep.Spec.Validate(ctx).ViaField("spec")
 }
 
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index f6a32be174..9ed14abeb6 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -956,10 +956,10 @@ k8s.io/utils/pointer
 k8s.io/utils/ptr
 k8s.io/utils/strings/slices
 k8s.io/utils/trace
-# knative.dev/client-pkg v0.0.0-20240704014437-18eac77f7749
-## explicit; go 1.21
+# knative.dev/client-pkg v0.0.0-20240724091446-8393d69ad672
+## explicit; go 1.22
 knative.dev/client-pkg/pkg/plugin
-# knative.dev/eventing v0.41.1-0.20240716144258-2cc0a5bedff5
+# knative.dev/eventing v0.42.0
 ## explicit; go 1.22
 knative.dev/eventing/pkg/apis/config
 knative.dev/eventing/pkg/apis/duck
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ knative.dev/pkg/tracing/config
 knative.dev/pkg/tracing/propagation
 knative.dev/pkg/tracing/propagation/tracecontextb3
 knative.dev/pkg/tracker
-# knative.dev/serving v0.41.1-0.20240716005350-fea0e7a481ea
+# knative.dev/serving v0.42.0
 ## explicit; go 1.22
 knative.dev/serving/pkg/apis/autoscaling
 knative.dev/serving/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v1alpha1