diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4971de1c7..d3cc3527c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.20.2
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.34.2
 	github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.3
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.4
 	github.com/rodaine/hclencoder v0.0.1
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d8bc85fce..b93d01c70 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -943,8 +943,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.0.0/go.mod h1:db9x61etRT2tGnBNRi70OPL5Fsn
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.7.1/go.mod h1:PY5Wy2awLA44sXw4AOSfFBetzPP4j5+D6mVACh+pe2M=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.0/go.mod h1:Z6t4BnS23TR94PD6BsDNk8yVqroYurpAkEiz0P2BEV0=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.1/go.mod h1:3Z9XVyYiZYEO+YQWt3RD2R3jrbd179Rt297l4aS6nDY=
-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 8a4f49a4c..519db348a 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 d77c6a699..547c64890 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib/difflib
 # github.com/polyfloyd/go-errorlint v1.4.8
 ## explicit; go 1.20
 github.com/polyfloyd/go-errorlint/errorlint
-# 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