diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index efb4eb7d4f..aa9d8a0caf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/nginxinc/telemetry-exporter v0.1.1
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.20.1
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.34.1
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.1
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.2
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.55.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e5d094b4ed..a26b61cb07 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINE
 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 v1.20.1 h1:IMJXHOD6eARkQpxo8KkhgEVFlBNm+nkrFUyGlIu7Na8=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.1/go.mod h1:PIEt8X02hGcP8JWbeHyeZ53Y/jReSnHgO035n//V5WE=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.2 h1:5ctymQzZlyOON1666svgwn3s6IKWgfbjsejTMiXIyjg=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.2/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/tests/go.mod b/tests/go.mod
index d7692bc249..d99331d005 100644
--- a/tests/go.mod
+++ b/tests/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-fabric v0.0.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.20.1
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.34.1
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.1
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.2
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.55.0
 	github.com/tsenart/vegeta/v12 v12.12.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.31.0
diff --git a/tests/go.sum b/tests/go.sum
index b955ff3fe5..4366d18f05 100644
--- a/tests/go.sum
+++ b/tests/go.sum
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINE
 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 v1.20.1 h1:IMJXHOD6eARkQpxo8KkhgEVFlBNm+nkrFUyGlIu7Na8=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.1/go.mod h1:PIEt8X02hGcP8JWbeHyeZ53Y/jReSnHgO035n//V5WE=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.2 h1:5ctymQzZlyOON1666svgwn3s6IKWgfbjsejTMiXIyjg=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.2/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=