diff --git a/utils/prometheus/Makefile b/utils/prometheus/Makefile
index 4f004228a8e9db..bdf0fbc98ce076 100644
--- a/utils/prometheus/Makefile
+++ b/utils/prometheus/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=prometheus
 PKG_VERSION:=2.21.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://codeload.github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tar.gz/v${PKG_VERSION}?
diff --git a/utils/prometheus/files/etc/init.d/prometheus b/utils/prometheus/files/etc/init.d/prometheus
index a652ddfc60c057..387a8e7d77501b 100755
--- a/utils/prometheus/files/etc/init.d/prometheus
+++ b/utils/prometheus/files/etc/init.d/prometheus
@@ -24,4 +24,7 @@ start_service() {
 	procd_set_param file "$config_file"
 	procd_set_param respawn
 	procd_close_instance
+
+	# intentional error
+	echo "
 }