diff --git a/receiver/simpleprometheusreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/simpleprometheusreceiver/go.mod
index e4b979836cfb..fdc8225e6a07 100644
--- a/receiver/simpleprometheusreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/simpleprometheusreceiver/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/simple
 go 1.14
 
 require (
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.14.0
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.19.0
 	github.com/prometheus/prometheus v1.8.2-0.20200827201422-1195cc24e3c8
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.12.1-0.20201012183541-526f34200197
diff --git a/receiver/simpleprometheusreceiver/go.sum b/receiver/simpleprometheusreceiver/go.sum
index 50b5f85f1366..f1f02a3467e8 100644
--- a/receiver/simpleprometheusreceiver/go.sum
+++ b/receiver/simpleprometheusreceiver/go.sum
@@ -927,6 +927,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/common v0.10.0/go.mod h1:Tlit/dnDKsSWFlCLTWaA1cyBgKHSMdTB8
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.13.0/go.mod h1:U+gB1OBLb1lF3O42bTCL+FK18tX9Oar16Clt/msog/s=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.14.0 h1:RHRyE8UocrbjU+6UvRzwi6HjiDfxrrBU91TtbKzkGp4=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.14.0/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=