diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a8aa6aedd0..42042da1ab 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.18.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.18.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v11.0.1-0.20190805182717-6502b5e7b1b5+incompatible
-	knative.dev/eventing v0.15.1-0.20200707170044-e018fe794753
+	knative.dev/eventing v0.16.1
 	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20200702222342-ea4d6e985ba0
 	knative.dev/serving v0.16.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5d07955152..6d2bf9486d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1432,8 +1432,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20200124190032-861946025e34 h1:HjlUD6M0K3P8nRXmr2B9o4F9dUy9T
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20200124190032-861946025e34/go.mod h1:sZAwmy6armz5eXlNoLmJcl4F1QuKu7sr+mFQ0byX7Ew=
 knative.dev/caching v0.0.0-20200116200605-67bca2c83dfa/go.mod h1:dHXFU6CGlLlbzaWc32g80cR92iuBSpsslDNBWI8C7eg=
 knative.dev/caching v0.0.0-20200630172829-a78409990d76/go.mod h1:iyrTBBqVs1H+bmj+mqyGEgNiLBzuGsY1LslIayGy0OE=
-knative.dev/eventing v0.15.1-0.20200707170044-e018fe794753 h1:GvVrLC0yzL4Nn3hZJKN6qZK8AxopU4PWM6h14u8NZcU=
-knative.dev/eventing v0.15.1-0.20200707170044-e018fe794753/go.mod h1:jU8gg/VL4ZBDkAlqTPaBMnoC1Vrw/2ue1n4vc19EN5k=
+knative.dev/eventing v0.16.1 h1:JlVNnp8NQRiVufbgl3FcSuq2E/hJsTFWTek85rF9S+I=
+knative.dev/eventing v0.16.1/go.mod h1:jU8gg/VL4ZBDkAlqTPaBMnoC1Vrw/2ue1n4vc19EN5k=
 knative.dev/eventing-contrib v0.11.2/go.mod h1:SnXZgSGgMSMLNFTwTnpaOH7hXDzTFtw0J8OmHflNx3g=
 knative.dev/networking v0.0.0-20200630191330-5080f859c17d h1:/U/lrkoEsrnDc3LHpaKHhy0uRVXpxOpH8eGVdDltsLE=
 knative.dev/networking v0.0.0-20200630191330-5080f859c17d/go.mod h1:76Bt5r+xMgNrjwIjSvCvuQwbYG23cTFDIDrxU1ECA54=
diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/eventing/test/lib/duck/resource_inspectors.go b/vendor/knative.dev/eventing/test/lib/duck/resource_inspectors.go
index 6df11cd6d5..392b8a12b0 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/eventing/test/lib/duck/resource_inspectors.go
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/eventing/test/lib/duck/resource_inspectors.go
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ func GetAddressableURI(dynamicClient dynamic.Interface, obj *resources.MetaResou
 
 	at := untyped.(*duckv1alpha1.AddressableType)
 
+	if at.Status.Address == nil {
+		return url.URL{}, fmt.Errorf("addressable does not have an Address: %+v", at)
+	}
 	au := at.Status.Address.GetURL()
 	if au.Host == "" {
 		return url.URL{}, fmt.Errorf("addressable's URL does not have a Host: %+v", at)
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 025f1bdd45..8cb0648ebf 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ k8s.io/utils/buffer
 k8s.io/utils/integer
 k8s.io/utils/pointer
 k8s.io/utils/trace
-# knative.dev/eventing v0.15.1-0.20200707170044-e018fe794753
+# knative.dev/eventing v0.16.1
 ## explicit
 knative.dev/eventing/pkg/apis/config
 knative.dev/eventing/pkg/apis/configs