diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1d0550c065..f6b71683f0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.2
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.29.2
 	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20240327150553-47368d631660
-	knative.dev/networking v0.0.0-20240327140628-ae039896b125
-	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20240327140624-1ca1f09c329e
+	knative.dev/networking v0.0.0-20240328164909-e7cfc5b7276f
+	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20240328165227-5fe230325f5a
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 90b5702df9..0b63025e81 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -696,10 +696,10 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240102154912-e7106e64919e h1:eQ/4ljkx21sObifjzXwlPKpdGLrCf
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240102154912-e7106e64919e/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20240327150553-47368d631660 h1:tW6NgyjMnSXBS75+k+Xh5uNiLhJ9TFswS9hrkC3OQOc=
 knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20240327150553-47368d631660/go.mod h1:yk2OjGDsbEnQjfxdm0/HJKS2WqTLEFg/N6nUs6Rqx3Q=
-knative.dev/networking v0.0.0-20240327140628-ae039896b125 h1:w9XY50H8EmPj0C3QGeScCcCqt8Y3vjPEujf/LeH7RLY=
-knative.dev/networking v0.0.0-20240327140628-ae039896b125/go.mod h1:YlLpTHRi0i/5XVD3QoqEfFhSmAfRj9sZR2NQEOF9dVc=
-knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20240327140624-1ca1f09c329e h1:Cg28hbL35g5Qd3tC0PKSX2FMMD8IZnTYxRr4VLIUgd8=
-knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20240327140624-1ca1f09c329e/go.mod h1:uYSh5G3A/pFmzgowpvKeyphLbXVkY4x7zEhReKwsVeU=
+knative.dev/networking v0.0.0-20240328164909-e7cfc5b7276f h1:zUKDqyqgooQdd+g9JWXtbQBXdYfHnqbyMoIaTmQ43eQ=
+knative.dev/networking v0.0.0-20240328164909-e7cfc5b7276f/go.mod h1:uCy8+UXsCtZyb9fmQWrZm7byeZtyGj1fpHxHVKn+prg=
+knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20240328165227-5fe230325f5a h1:HYKynG9QjRuVxrXEYnSMWBXboyOqHBgoQZt0xe4+RMA=
+knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20240328165227-5fe230325f5a/go.mod h1:LgcT4KPEcw24alWzzkFAN2acHq38au8NZqybU16TStI=
 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/codegen/cmd/injection-gen/args/args.go b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/codegen/cmd/injection-gen/args/args.go
index 7cd8122d52..265b4e40ae 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/codegen/cmd/injection-gen/args/args.go
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/codegen/cmd/injection-gen/args/args.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ type CustomArgs struct {
 	ListersPackage                   string
 	ForceKinds                       string
 	ListerHasPointerElem             bool
+	DisableInformerInit              bool
 }
 
 // NewDefaults returns default arguments for the generator.
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ func (ca *CustomArgs) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 
 	fs.BoolVar(&ca.ListerHasPointerElem, "lister-has-pointer-elem", false, "")
 	fs.MarkDeprecated("lister-has-pointer-elem", "this flag has no effect")
+
+	fs.BoolVar(&ca.DisableInformerInit, "disable-informer-init", false, "disable generating the init function for the informer")
 }
 
 // Validate checks the given arguments.
diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/codegen/cmd/injection-gen/generators/informer.go b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/codegen/cmd/injection-gen/generators/informer.go
index c4fb215f1d..c0b3bf3eaf 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/codegen/cmd/injection-gen/generators/informer.go
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/codegen/cmd/injection-gen/generators/informer.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ type injectionGenerator struct {
 	imports                     namer.ImportTracker
 	typedInformerPackage        string
 	groupInformerFactoryPackage string
+	disableInformerInit         bool
 }
 
 var _ generator.Generator = (*injectionGenerator)(nil)
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ func (g *injectionGenerator) GenerateType(c *generator.Context, t *types.Type, w
 			Package: "context",
 			Name:    "WithValue",
 		}),
+		"disableInformerInit": g.disableInformerInit,
 	}
 
 	sw.Do(injectionInformer, m)
@@ -106,14 +108,16 @@ func (g *injectionGenerator) GenerateType(c *generator.Context, t *types.Type, w
 }
 
 var injectionInformer = `
+{{ if not .disableInformerInit }}
 func init() {
 	{{.injectionRegisterInformer|raw}}(withInformer)
 }
+{{ end }}
 
 // Key is used for associating the Informer inside the context.Context.
 type Key struct{}
 
-func withInformer(ctx {{.contextContext|raw}}) ({{.contextContext|raw}}, {{.controllerInformer|raw}}) {
+{{ if .disableInformerInit }} func WithInformer {{ else }} func withInformer {{ end }} (ctx {{.contextContext|raw}}) ({{.contextContext|raw}}, {{.controllerInformer|raw}}) {
 	f := {{.factoryGet|raw}}(ctx)
 	inf := f.{{.groupGoName}}().{{.versionGoName}}().{{.type|publicPlural}}()
 	return {{ .contextWithValue|raw }}(ctx, Key{}, inf), inf.Informer()
diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/codegen/cmd/injection-gen/generators/packages.go b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/codegen/cmd/injection-gen/generators/packages.go
index 43768927a5..f0ca43f2bf 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/codegen/cmd/injection-gen/generators/packages.go
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/codegen/cmd/injection-gen/generators/packages.go
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ func versionInformerPackages(basePackage string, groupPkgName string, gv clientg
 					imports:                     generator.NewImportTracker(),
 					typedInformerPackage:        typedInformerPackage,
 					groupInformerFactoryPackage: factoryPackagePath,
+					disableInformerInit:         customArgs.DisableInformerInit,
 				})
 				return generators
 			},
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 065c4ca051..50783bb422 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ k8s.io/utils/trace
 # knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20240327150553-47368d631660
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 knative.dev/hack
-# knative.dev/networking v0.0.0-20240327140628-ae039896b125
+# knative.dev/networking v0.0.0-20240328164909-e7cfc5b7276f
 ## explicit; go 1.21
 knative.dev/networking/config
 knative.dev/networking/pkg
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ 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 v0.0.0-20240327140624-1ca1f09c329e
+# knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20240328165227-5fe230325f5a
 ## explicit; go 1.21
 knative.dev/pkg/apis
 knative.dev/pkg/apis/duck