diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5e1d74366..887b07a60 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.2.0
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.2
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.7 // indirect
-	github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-lib-utils v0.7.0
+	github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-lib-utils v0.7.1
 	github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-test v2.0.0+incompatible
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.26.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.17.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 37a35d2ec..b6ac4906c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORN
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0 h1:45sCR5RtlFHMR4UwH9sdQ5TC8v0qDQCHnXt+kaKSTVE=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
-github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-lib-utils v0.7.0 h1:t1cS7HTD7z5D7h9iAdjWuHtMxJPb9s1fIv34rxytzqs=
-github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-lib-utils v0.7.0/go.mod h1:bze+2G9+cmoHxN6+WyG1qT4MDxgZJMLGwc7V4acPNm0=
+github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-lib-utils v0.7.1 h1:xd/mTX6j8TXFBxaRD8XX3cQ+jTNHxnA4OfZFDthL/to=
+github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-lib-utils v0.7.1/go.mod h1:bze+2G9+cmoHxN6+WyG1qT4MDxgZJMLGwc7V4acPNm0=
 github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-test v2.0.0+incompatible h1:ia04uVFUM/J9n/v3LEMn3rEG6FmKV5BH9QLw7H68h44=
 github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-test v2.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:YxJ4UiuPWIhMBkxUKY5c267DyA0uDZ/MtAimhx/2TA0=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.0.0-20160728113105-d5b7844b561a/go.mod h1:C1wdFJiN94OJF2b5HbByQZoLdCWB1Yqtg26g4irojpc=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-lib-utils/metrics/metrics.go b/vendor/github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-lib-utils/metrics/metrics.go
index 2e252d654..1529d10df 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-lib-utils/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-lib-utils/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ func NewCSIMetricsManager(driverName string) CSIMetricsManager {
 		),
 	}
 
+	// https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues/969
+	// Add process_start_time_seconds into the metric to let the start time be parsed correctly
+	metrics.RegisterProcessStartTime(cmm.registry.RawRegister)
+
 	cmm.SetDriverName(driverName)
 	cmm.registerMetrics()
 	return &cmm
@@ -171,7 +175,11 @@ func VerifyMetricsMatch(expectedMetrics, actualMetrics string, metricToIgnore st
 		wantScanner.Scan()
 		wantLine := strings.TrimSpace(wantScanner.Text())
 		gotLine := strings.TrimSpace(gotScanner.Text())
-		if wantLine != gotLine && (metricToIgnore == "" || !strings.HasPrefix(gotLine, metricToIgnore)) {
+		if wantLine != gotLine &&
+			(metricToIgnore == "" || !strings.HasPrefix(gotLine, metricToIgnore)) &&
+			// We should ignore the comments from metricToIgnore, otherwise the verification will
+			// fail because of the comments.
+			!strings.HasPrefix(gotLine, "#") {
 			return fmt.Errorf("\r\nMetric Want: %q\r\nMetric Got:  %q\r\n", wantLine, gotLine)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 449e015bb..231e74a89 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/simplelru
 github.com/imdario/mergo
 # github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.8
 github.com/json-iterator/go
-# github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-lib-utils v0.7.0
+# github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-lib-utils v0.7.1
 github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-lib-utils/connection
 github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-lib-utils/leaderelection
 github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-lib-utils/metrics