diff --git a/example/prometheus/go.mod b/example/prometheus/go.mod
index b77582bf2d2..acdd465bc0d 100644
--- a/example/prometheus/go.mod
+++ b/example/prometheus/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module go.opentelemetry.io/otel/example/prometheus
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.18.0
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.23.0-rc.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.45.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.23.0-rc.1
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
-	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.5.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.45.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.48.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.23.0-rc.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.23.0-rc.1 // indirect
diff --git a/example/prometheus/go.sum b/example/prometheus/go.sum
index d21cccb832e..0aecbdc2275 100644
--- a/example/prometheus/go.sum
+++ b/example/prometheus/go.sum
@@ -9,15 +9,13 @@ github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ4
 github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 h1:hSWxHoqTgW2S2qGc0LTAI563KZ5YKYRhT3MFKZMbjag=
 github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:mMo/vtBO5dYbehREoey6XUKy/eSumjCCveDpRre4VKE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
-github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions/v2 v2.0.0 h1:jWpvCLoY8Z/e3VKvlsiIGKtc+UG6U5vzxaoagmhXfyg=
-github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:QUyp042oQthUoa9bqDv0ER0wrtXnBruoNd7aNjkbP+k=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.18.0 h1:HzFfmkOzH5Q8L8G+kSJKUx5dtG87sewO+FoDDqP5Tbk=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.18.0/go.mod h1:T+GXkCk5wSJyOqMIzVgvvjFDlkOQntgjkJWKrN5txjA=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.0 h1:ygXvpU1AoN1MhdzckN+PyD9QJOSD4x7kmXYlnfbA6JU=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.0/go.mod h1:ZRM9uEAypZakd+q/x7+gmsvXdURP+DABIEIjnmDdp+k=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.5.0 h1:VQw1hfvPvk3Uv6Qf29VrPF32JB6rtbgI6cYPYQjL0Qw=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.5.0/go.mod h1:dTiFglRmd66nLR9Pv9f0mZi7B7fk5Pm3gvsjB5tr+kI=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.45.0 h1:2BGz0eBc2hdMDLnO/8n0jeB3oPrt2D08CekT0lneoxM=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.45.0/go.mod h1:YJmSTw9BoKxJplESWWxlbyttQR4uaEcGyv9MZjVOJsY=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.48.0 h1:QO8U2CdOzSn1BBsmXJXduaaW+dY/5QLjfB8svtSzKKE=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.48.0/go.mod h1:0/KsvlIEfPQCQ5I2iNSAWKPZziNCvRs5EC6ILDTlAPc=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0 h1:jluTpSng7V9hY0O2R9DzzJHYb2xULk9VTR1V1R/k6Bo=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0/go.mod h1:pcuDEFsWDnvcgNzo4EEweacyhjeA9Zk3cnaOZAZEfOo=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=