diff --git a/metrics-operator/go.mod b/metrics-operator/go.mod
index ab5a5fb9e5a..58418197a75 100644
--- a/metrics-operator/go.mod
+++ b/metrics-operator/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.18.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.0
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.47.0
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.51.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240318143956-a85f2c67cd81
 	golang.org/x/net v0.21.0