diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e6e43cdd2b..b14f4453b7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware/providers/prometheus v1.0.1
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7
 	github.com/iancoleman/strcase v0.3.0
-	github.com/isovalent/metricstool v0.1.1
+	github.com/isovalent/metricstool v0.1.2
 	github.com/jpillora/longestcommon v0.0.0-20161227235612-adb9d91ee629
 	github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51
 	github.com/mennanov/fieldmask-utils v1.1.2
 	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.0
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.3
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.4
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a0518b3675..6da8097d09 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -318,8 +318,8 @@ github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16 h1:wwQJbIsHYGMUyLSPrEq1CT16AhnhNJQ51+4fdHUnCl4=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16/go.mod h1:WBLT9ZmE3lPoWsEzCh9LPo3TiwVN+ZKEjmz+hD27ysY=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
-github.com/isovalent/metricstool v0.1.1 h1:iXwUEEcIvxSjC+IJI64q/tyvZDpYFc7o9Oa9ws7D1Jg=
-github.com/isovalent/metricstool v0.1.1/go.mod h1:QitmtxWp1tC0hju/FTUtznjGE1DWg3g5KV6Avuq0NPs=
+github.com/isovalent/metricstool v0.1.2 h1:piryH96/3+EaZB7QdXCDEusiIiNPzmq4JcMiXo25h0Q=
+github.com/isovalent/metricstool v0.1.2/go.mod h1:b2JiGJvUXABNpBVm3E48muIXwczmMCf9DQBn2Rsh7EQ=
 github.com/jbenet/go-context v0.0.0-20150711004518-d14ea06fba99 h1:BQSFePA1RWJOlocH6Fxy8MmwDt+yVQYULKfN0RoTN8A=
 github.com/jbenet/go-context v0.0.0-20150711004518-d14ea06fba99/go.mod h1:1lJo3i6rXxKeerYnT8Nvf0QmHCRC1n8sfWVwXF2Frvo=
 github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 h1:vlS4z54oSdjm0bgjRigI+G1HpF+tI+9rE5LLzOg8HmY=
@@ -463,8 +463,8 @@ github.com/power-devops/perfstat v0.0.0-20210106213030-5aafc221ea8c/go.mod h1:Om
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.1/go.mod h1:7SWBe2y4D6OKWSNQJUaRYU/AaXPKyh/dDVn+NZz0KFw=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.0.0/go.mod h1:db9x61etRT2tGnBNRi70OPL5FsnadC4Ky3P0J6CfImo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.4.0/go.mod h1:e9GMxYsXl05ICDXkRhurwBS4Q3OK1iX/F2sw+iXX5zU=
-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 v0.0.0-20180712105110-5c3871d89910/go.mod h1:MbSGuTsp3dbXC40dX6PRTWyKYBIrTGTE9sqQNg2J8bo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190129233127-fd36f4220a90/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190812154241-14fe0d1b01d4/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/histogram.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/histogram.go
index 8a4f49a4c5..519db348a7 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 0866a7517c..baebfc91c8 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ github.com/imdario/mergo
 # github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap
-# github.com/isovalent/metricstool v0.1.1
+# github.com/isovalent/metricstool v0.1.2
 ## explicit; go 1.22.0
 github.com/isovalent/metricstool/pkg/metricsmd
 # github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib/difflib
 # github.com/power-devops/perfstat v0.0.0-20210106213030-5aafc221ea8c
 ## explicit; go 1.14
 github.com/power-devops/perfstat
-# 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/internal/github.com/golang/gddo/httputil
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang/internal/github.com/golang/gddo/httputil/header