diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4ff3f1d..3310435 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/isovalent/metricstool
 go 1.22.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.3
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.4
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.19.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230905200255-921286631fa9
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 00c6972..fe2bdb6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:1t835xjRzz80PqgE6HHgN2JOsmgYu/h
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 h1:Jamvg5psRIccs7FGNTlIRMkT8wgtp5eCXdBlqhYGL6U=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.3 h1:oPksm4K8B+Vt35tUhw6GbSNSgVlVSBH0qELP/7u83l4=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.3/go.mod h1:PIEt8X02hGcP8JWbeHyeZ53Y/jReSnHgO035n//V5WE=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.4 h1:Tgh3Yr67PaOv/uTqloMsCEdeuFTatm5zIq5+qNN23vI=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.4/go.mod h1:PIEt8X02hGcP8JWbeHyeZ53Y/jReSnHgO035n//V5WE=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1 h1:ZKSh/rekM+n3CeS952MLRAdFwIKqeY8b62p8ais2e9E=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1/go.mod h1:OrxVMOVHjw3lKMa8+x6HeMGkHMQyHDk9E3jmP2AmGiY=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.55.0 h1:KEi6DK7lXW/m7Ig5i47x0vRzuBsHuvJdi5ee6Y3G1dc=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/histogram.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/histogram.go
index 8a4f49a..519db34 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/histogram.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/histogram.go
@@ -844,9 +844,7 @@ func (h *histogram) Write(out *dto.Metric) error {
 			}}
 		}
 
-		// If exemplars are not configured, the cap will be 0.
-		// So append is not needed in this case.
-		if cap(h.nativeExemplars.exemplars) > 0 {
+		if h.nativeExemplars.isEnabled() {
 			h.nativeExemplars.Lock()
 			his.Exemplars = append(his.Exemplars, h.nativeExemplars.exemplars...)
 			h.nativeExemplars.Unlock()
@@ -1665,6 +1663,10 @@ type nativeExemplars struct {
 	exemplars []*dto.Exemplar
 }
 
+func (n *nativeExemplars) isEnabled() bool {
+	return n.ttl != -1
+}
+
 func makeNativeExemplars(ttl time.Duration, maxCount int) nativeExemplars {
 	if ttl == 0 {
 		ttl = 5 * time.Minute
@@ -1686,7 +1688,7 @@ func makeNativeExemplars(ttl time.Duration, maxCount int) nativeExemplars {
 }
 
 func (n *nativeExemplars) addExemplar(e *dto.Exemplar) {
-	if n.ttl == -1 {
+	if !n.isEnabled() {
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index ea245d0..ffeb29c 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2/internal/characters
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2/internal/danger
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2/internal/tracker
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2/unstable
-# github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.3
+# github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.4
 ## explicit; go 1.20
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/internal