diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 93229ece21..887c5366f0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.21.4
 	knative.dev/eventing v0.26.1
 	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20210806075220-815cd312d65c
-	knative.dev/kn-plugin-event v0.26.0
+	knative.dev/kn-plugin-event v0.26.1
 	knative.dev/kn-plugin-func v0.20.0
 	knative.dev/kn-plugin-source-kafka v0.26.0
 	knative.dev/networking v0.0.0-20210916065741-5e884aff221e
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ require (
 
 replace (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.21.4
-	knative.dev/kn-plugin-event => github.com/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event v0.26.2-0.20211209202740-89c860ca5062
+	knative.dev/kn-plugin-event => github.com/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event v0.26.2-0.20211223134650-ffdcc78926e6
 	knative.dev/kn-plugin-func => github.com/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-func v0.20.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f1d72dbcfb..d660e54e0c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1154,8 +1154,8 @@ github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.6.0/go.mod h1:VVGKuOLlE7v4PJyT6h7mNWvq1rzqi
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.8.0/go.mod h1:RScLhm78qiWa2gbVCcGkC7tCGdgk3ogry1nUQF8Evvo=
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.8.2 h1:c4ca10UMgRcvZ6h0K4HtS15UaVSBEaE+iln2LVpAuGc=
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.8.2/go.mod h1:MUIHuUEvKB1wtJjQdOyYRgOnLD2xAPP8dBsCoU0KuF8=
-github.com/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event v0.26.2-0.20211209202740-89c860ca5062 h1:SolI+Rwqy058Dofm6naxk9y3vzQ4anT69UQWKoB0zHI=
-github.com/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event v0.26.2-0.20211209202740-89c860ca5062/go.mod h1:naLIG+DrwI78CKuuuJB8C0D1X/ySUzolzmgctV4+vZQ=
+github.com/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event v0.26.2-0.20211223134650-ffdcc78926e6 h1:zbhWpDoG+cqkzsKOuhwkgqYR9h2qQcAot53uhFT4wh4=
+github.com/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event v0.26.2-0.20211223134650-ffdcc78926e6/go.mod h1:naLIG+DrwI78CKuuuJB8C0D1X/ySUzolzmgctV4+vZQ=
 github.com/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-func v0.20.0 h1:aAsgqZpDMALMl8McJB2nUMj/sCuYHhbcTvg8fLZlTfQ=
 github.com/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-func v0.20.0/go.mod h1:1PbnyT3BJ3dvxDuMQk5ej0gHG+uy/ryH6AS71LhJf1k=
 github.com/opentracing-contrib/go-observer v0.0.0-20170622124052-a52f23424492/go.mod h1:Ngi6UdF0k5OKD5t5wlmGhe/EDKPoUM3BXZSSfIuJbis=
diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/kn-plugin-event/pkg/cli/ics/constants.go b/vendor/knative.dev/kn-plugin-event/pkg/cli/ics/constants.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2daec77e7e..0000000000
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/kn-plugin-event/pkg/cli/ics/constants.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package ics
-
-// ContainerBasename holds a OCI container base name.
-// TODO: set value from .env file during the build.
-var ContainerBasename = "quay.io/cardil" //nolint:gochecknoglobals
diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/kn-plugin-event/pkg/sender/in_cluster.go b/vendor/knative.dev/kn-plugin-event/pkg/sender/in_cluster.go
index 811dff44f8..3647da0325 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/kn-plugin-event/pkg/sender/in_cluster.go
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/kn-plugin-event/pkg/sender/in_cluster.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package sender
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"regexp"
 
 	cloudevents "github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2"
 	batchv1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"knative.dev/kn-plugin-event/pkg/cli/ics"
 	"knative.dev/kn-plugin-event/pkg/event"
 	"knative.dev/kn-plugin-event/pkg/k8s"
+	"knative.dev/kn-plugin-event/pkg/metadata"
 )
 
 type inClusterSender struct {
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func (i *inClusterSender) Send(ce cloudevents.Event) error {
 					RestartPolicy: corev1.RestartPolicyNever,
 					Containers: []corev1.Container{{
 						Name:  "kn-event-sender",
-						Image: imageFor("kn-event-sender"),
+						Image: metadata.ResolveImage(),
 						Env: []corev1.EnvVar{{
 							Name:  "K_SINK",
 							Value: url.String(),
@@ -63,12 +63,3 @@ func (i *inClusterSender) Send(ce cloudevents.Event) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
-
-func imageFor(artifact string) string {
-	basename := ics.ContainerBasename
-	r := regexp.MustCompile(".+[A-Za-z0-9]$")
-	if r.MatchString(basename) {
-		basename += "/"
-	}
-	return basename + artifact
-}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 9b432d0d03..acd0a1caf7 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/common/constants
 # knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20210806075220-815cd312d65c
 ## explicit
 knative.dev/hack
-# knative.dev/kn-plugin-event v0.26.0 => github.com/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event v0.26.2-0.20211209202740-89c860ca5062
+# knative.dev/kn-plugin-event v0.26.1 => github.com/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event v0.26.2-0.20211223134650-ffdcc78926e6
 ## explicit
 knative.dev/kn-plugin-event/internal/cli/cmd
 knative.dev/kn-plugin-event/pkg/cli
@@ -1538,5 +1538,5 @@ sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4/value
 ## explicit
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml
 # k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.21.4
-# knative.dev/kn-plugin-event => github.com/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event v0.26.2-0.20211209202740-89c860ca5062
+# knative.dev/kn-plugin-event => github.com/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-event v0.26.2-0.20211223134650-ffdcc78926e6
 # knative.dev/kn-plugin-func => github.com/openshift-knative/kn-plugin-func v0.20.0