diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 34c6efa42..4ced481dc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.27.6 // indirect
 	k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20230829151522-9cce18d56c01 // indirect
-	k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20240228010128-51d4e06bde70 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240502163921-fe8a2dddb1d0 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
@@ -286,3 +285,9 @@ require (
 // TODO: this dependency causes issues on webhook startup due
 // to conflicting "log_dir" flags between this and klog (knative)
 replace github.com/golang/glog => github.com/jdolitsky/glog v0.0.0-20220729172235-78744e90d087
+
+replace (
+	// knative deps require to use an old k8s.io/gengo so we need to replace these ones
+	k8s.io/code-generator => k8s.io/code-generator v0.29.4
+	k8s.io/kube-openapi => k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20231010175941-2dd684a91f00
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5d0c2ed2a..5f34e6fb8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1296,17 +1296,15 @@ k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.2 h1:fEMcnBj6qkzzPGSVsAZtQThU62SmQ4ZymlXRC5yFSCg=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.2/go.mod h1:iexa2somDaxdnj7bha06bhb43Zpa6eWH8N8dbqVjTUc=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.30.2 h1:sBIVJdojUNPDU/jObC+18tXWcTJVcwyqS9diGdWHk50=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.30.2/go.mod h1:JglKSWULm9xlJLx4KCkfLLQ7XwtlbflV6uFFSHTMgVs=
-k8s.io/code-generator v0.30.2 h1:ZY1+aGkqZVwKIyGsOzquaeZ5rSfE6wZHur8z3jQAaiw=
-k8s.io/code-generator v0.30.2/go.mod h1:RQP5L67QxqgkVquk704CyvWFIq0e6RCMmLTXxjE8dVA=
+k8s.io/code-generator v0.29.4 h1:8ESudFNbY5/9BzB8KOEFG2uV9Q0AQxkc4mrQESr30Ks=
+k8s.io/code-generator v0.29.4/go.mod h1:7TYnI0dYItL2cKuhhgPSuF3WED9uMdELgbVXFfn/joE=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20230829151522-9cce18d56c01 h1:pWEwq4Asjm4vjW7vcsmijwBhOr1/shsbSYiWXmNGlks=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20230829151522-9cce18d56c01/go.mod h1:FiNAH4ZV3gBg2Kwh89tzAEV2be7d5xI0vBa/VySYy3E=
-k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20240228010128-51d4e06bde70 h1:NGrVE502P0s0/1hudf8zjgwki1X/TByhmAoILTarmzo=
-k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20240228010128-51d4e06bde70/go.mod h1:VH3AT8AaQOqiGjMF9p0/IM1Dj+82ZwjfxUP1IxaHE+8=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:Od+F08eJP+W3HUb4pSrPpgp9DGU4GzlpG/TmITuYh/Y=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1 h1:QXU6cPEOIslTGvZaXvFWiP9VKyeet3sawzTOvdXb4Vw=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
-k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340 h1:BZqlfIlq5YbRMFko6/PM7FjZpUb45WallggurYhKGag=
-k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340/go.mod h1:yD4MZYeKMBwQKVht279WycxKyM84kkAx2DPrTXaeb98=
+k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20231010175941-2dd684a91f00 h1:aVUu9fTY98ivBPKR9Y5w/AuzbMm96cd3YHRTU83I780=
+k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20231010175941-2dd684a91f00/go.mod h1:AsvuZPBlUDVuCdzJ87iajxtXuR9oktsTctW/R9wwouA=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240502163921-fe8a2dddb1d0 h1:jgGTlFYnhF1PM1Ax/lAlxUPE+KfCIXHaathvJg1C3ak=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240502163921-fe8a2dddb1d0/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20240111013919-e89096d74d85 h1:ERgPObDcW9LfaEPAeFvbW3UJcF3C3ul6B2ErNMv13OE=