diff --git a/metrics-operator/go.mod b/metrics-operator/go.mod
index c1b5af0cf21..7bd18b850e9 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 v0.6.1
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.47.0
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.51.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240325151524-a685a6edb6d8
 	golang.org/x/net v0.22.0