diff --git a/receiver/prometheusexecreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/prometheusexecreceiver/go.mod
index e818661c5885..d4211eb22f0b 100644
--- a/receiver/prometheusexecreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/prometheusexecreceiver/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.14
 
 require (
 	github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.15.0
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.19.0
 	github.com/prometheus/prometheus v1.8.2-0.20201105135750-00f16d1ac3a4
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.19.0
diff --git a/receiver/prometheusexecreceiver/go.sum b/receiver/prometheusexecreceiver/go.sum
index df4095c28557..6bf5fd612c53 100644
--- a/receiver/prometheusexecreceiver/go.sum
+++ b/receiver/prometheusexecreceiver/go.sum
@@ -827,6 +827,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/common v0.10.0/go.mod h1:Tlit/dnDKsSWFlCLTWaA1cyBgKHSMdTB8
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.14.0/go.mod h1:U+gB1OBLb1lF3O42bTCL+FK18tX9Oar16Clt/msog/s=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.15.0 h1:4fgOnadei3EZvgRwxJ7RMpG1k1pOZth5Pc13tyspaKM=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.15.0/go.mod h1:U+gB1OBLb1lF3O42bTCL+FK18tX9Oar16Clt/msog/s=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.19.0 h1:Itb4+NjG9wRdkAWgVucbM/adyIXxEhbw0866e0uZE6A=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.19.0/go.mod h1:U+gB1OBLb1lF3O42bTCL+FK18tX9Oar16Clt/msog/s=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.0-20181005140218-185b4288413d/go.mod h1:c3At6R/oaqEKCNdg8wHV1ftS6bRYblBhIjjI8uT2IGk=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.0-20181204211112-1dc9a6cbc91a/go.mod h1:c3At6R/oaqEKCNdg8wHV1ftS6bRYblBhIjjI8uT2IGk=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.0-20190117184657-bf6a532e95b1/go.mod h1:c3At6R/oaqEKCNdg8wHV1ftS6bRYblBhIjjI8uT2IGk=