diff --git a/.changelog/14493.txt b/.changelog/14493.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..323b5be0da1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/14493.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+deps: Updated `github.com/armon/go-metrics` to `v0.4.1` which includes a performance improvement for Prometheus sink
+```
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a352fd87957..3c78b5b4c6b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/LK4D4/joincontext v0.0.0-20171026170139-1724345da6d5
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.5.2
 	github.com/armon/circbuf v0.0.0-20150827004946-bbbad097214e
-	github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.4.0
+	github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.4.1
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.84
 	github.com/container-storage-interface/spec v1.4.0
 	github.com/containerd/go-cni v1.1.6
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 79bdc0c7444..6cf4e906431 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.0.0-20180917152333-f0300d1749da/go.mod h1:Q73ZrmV
 github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.0.0-20190430140413-ec5e00d3c878/go.mod h1:3AMJUQhVx52RsWOnlkpikZr01T/yAVN2gn0861vByNg=
 github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.3.9/go.mod h1:4O98XIr/9W0sxpJ8UaYkvjk10Iff7SnFrb4QAOwNTFc=
 github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.3.10/go.mod h1:4O98XIr/9W0sxpJ8UaYkvjk10Iff7SnFrb4QAOwNTFc=
-github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.4.0 h1:yCQqn7dwca4ITXb+CbubHmedzaQYHhNhrEXLYUeEe8Q=
-github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.4.0/go.mod h1:E6amYzXo6aW1tqzoZGT755KkbgrJsSdpwZ+3JqfkOG4=
+github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.4.1 h1:hR91U9KYmb6bLBYLQjyM+3j+rcd/UhE+G78SFnF8gJA=
+github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.4.1/go.mod h1:E6amYzXo6aW1tqzoZGT755KkbgrJsSdpwZ+3JqfkOG4=
 github.com/armon/go-radix v0.0.0-20180808171621-7fddfc383310/go.mod h1:ufUuZ+zHj4x4TnLV4JWEpy2hxWSpsRywHrMgIH9cCH8=
 github.com/armon/go-radix v1.0.0 h1:F4z6KzEeeQIMeLFa97iZU6vupzoecKdU5TX24SNppXI=
 github.com/armon/go-radix v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ufUuZ+zHj4x4TnLV4JWEpy2hxWSpsRywHrMgIH9cCH8=