diff --git a/docs/sources/flow/reference/components/prometheus.exporter.windows.md b/docs/sources/flow/reference/components/prometheus.exporter.windows.md
index f06aba58eaa2..f0fab521a83e 100644
--- a/docs/sources/flow/reference/components/prometheus.exporter.windows.md
+++ b/docs/sources/flow/reference/components/prometheus.exporter.windows.md
@@ -271,6 +271,11 @@ Name     | Description | Enabled by default
 
 See the linked documentation on each collector for more information on reported metrics, configuration settings and usage examples.
 
+{{% admonition type="caution" %}}
+Certain collectors will cause Grafana Agent to crash if those collectors are used and the required infrastructure is not installed.
+These include but are not limited to mscluster_*, vmware, nps, dns, msmq, teradici_pcoip, ad, hyperv, and scheduled_task.
+{{% /admonition %}}
+
 ## Example
 
 This example uses a [`prometheus.scrape` component][scrape] to collect metrics
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f397708abb6f..b2312a960152 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Lusitaniae/apache_exporter v0.11.1-0.20220518131644-f9522724dab4
 	github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.2.3
 	github.com/PuerkitoBio/rehttp v1.1.0
-	github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2 v2.3.2
+	github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2 v2.4.0
 	github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20211218093645-b94a6e3cc137
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.45.24
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.21.1
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus-community/elasticsearch_exporter v1.5.0
 	github.com/prometheus-community/postgres_exporter v0.11.1
 	github.com/prometheus-community/stackdriver_exporter v0.13.0
-	github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter v0.24.1-0.20231116150933-ab05f43716d4
+	github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter v0.24.1-0.20231127180936-5a872a227c2f
 	github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator v0.66.0
 	github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring v0.66.0
 	github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/client v0.66.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ef3f0500cfea..33ce171c2846 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ github.com/afex/hystrix-go v0.0.0-20180502004556-fa1af6a1f4f5/go.mod h1:SkGFH1ia
 github.com/ajstarks/svgo v0.0.0-20180226025133-644b8db467af/go.mod h1:K08gAheRH3/J6wwsYMMT4xOr94bZjxIelGM0+d/wbFw=
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.3.0 h1:mAsH2wmvjsuvyBvAmCtm7zFsBlb8mIHx5ySLVdDZXL0=
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:pXcQ2Asjp247dahGEmsZ6ru0UVwnkhktn7S0bBDLxvQ=
-github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2 v2.3.2 h1:H0aULhgmSzN8xQ3nX1uxtdlTHYoPLu5AhHxWrKI6ocU=
-github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2 v2.3.2/go.mod h1:0gyi0zQnjuFk8xrkNKamJoyUo382HRL7ATRpFZCw6tE=
+github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2 v2.4.0 h1:f48lwail6p8zpO1bC4TxtqACaGqHYA22qkHjHpqDjYY=
+github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:0gyi0zQnjuFk8xrkNKamJoyUo382HRL7ATRpFZCw6tE=
 github.com/alecthomas/participle/v2 v2.1.0 h1:z7dElHRrOEEq45F2TG5cbQihMtNTv8vwldytDj7Wrz4=
 github.com/alecthomas/participle/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:Y1+hAs8DHPmc3YUFzqllV+eSQ9ljPTk0ZkPMtEdAx2c=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.2.0 h1:HAzS41CIzNW5syS8Mf9UwXhNH1J9aix/BvDRf1Ml2Yk=
@@ -1916,8 +1916,8 @@ github.com/prometheus-community/prom-label-proxy v0.6.0 h1:vRY29tUex8qI2MEimovTz
 github.com/prometheus-community/prom-label-proxy v0.6.0/go.mod h1:XyAyskjjhqEx0qnbGUVeAkYSz3Wm9gStT7/wXFxD8n0=
 github.com/prometheus-community/stackdriver_exporter v0.13.0 h1:4h7v28foRJ4/RuchNZCYsoDp+CkF4Mp9nebtPzgil3g=
 github.com/prometheus-community/stackdriver_exporter v0.13.0/go.mod h1:ZFO015Mexz1xNHSvFjZFiIspYx6qhDg9Kre4LPUjO9s=
-github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter v0.24.1-0.20231116150933-ab05f43716d4 h1:j22xJOQMUfvcTglmleBmImE8uEYJsj1P/KejsqmhAZ4=
-github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter v0.24.1-0.20231116150933-ab05f43716d4/go.mod h1:Dfe1LoU+7BmiGpGDfnQhjiH0ea30EusvEw9M4kUpRpY=
+github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter v0.24.1-0.20231127180936-5a872a227c2f h1:nEIgTweLXQk5ihBuKa84+l9WG/xrqA/1qX0jgbJ69OQ=
+github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter v0.24.1-0.20231127180936-5a872a227c2f/go.mod h1:wxKb/CTmvhDaZz4BokGt3btOn4aCrr5ruDQT7KxmJok=
 github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator v0.66.0 h1:Jj4mbGAkfBbTih6ait03f2vUjEHB7Kb4gnlAmWu7AJ0=
 github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator v0.66.0/go.mod h1:U7S3+u6YTxwCTMNIQxZWttEq70qBA4Qps7/c5mUZOpQ=
 github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring v0.66.0 h1:PPW01FLVjJHMNcbAL1DDD9EZceSQKMOU/VpK0irrxrI=