diff --git a/exporters/prometheus/go.mod b/exporters/prometheus/go.mod
index 93ae350d0..c3c78e79b 100644
--- a/exporters/prometheus/go.mod
+++ b/exporters/prometheus/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ retract v0.59.0
 require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.67.5
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.68.0
 	github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator v1.0.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.44.0
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.20.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 // indirect
-	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.45.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/exporters/prometheus/go.sum b/exporters/prometheus/go.sum
index 1dd187141..f610d5e9b 100644
--- a/exporters/prometheus/go.sum
+++ b/exporters/prometheus/go.sum
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2 h1:Je96obch5RDVy3FDMndoUsjAhG5Edi49h
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2/go.mod h1:Tb1a6LWHB3/SPIzCoaDXI4I8UHKeFTEQ1YCr+0Gyqmg=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2 h1:oBsgwpGs7iVziMvrGhE53c/GrLUsZdHnqNwqPLxwZyk=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2/go.mod h1:y3m2F6Gdpfy6Ut/GBsUqTWZqCUvMVzSfMLjcu6wAwpE=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.67.5 h1:pIgK94WWlQt1WLwAC5j2ynLaBRDiinoAb86HZHTUGI4=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.67.5/go.mod h1:SjE/0MzDEEAyrdr5Gqc6G+sXI67maCxzaT3A2+HqjUw=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.68.0 h1:8rQJvQmYltsR2L7h8Zw0Iyj8WYNNmpwikoQTZXwfVeA=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.68.0/go.mod h1:4soH+U8yJSROk7OJ//hmTiWKsxapv6zRGgTt3keN8gQ=
 github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator v1.0.0 h1:s0LJW/iN9dkIH+EnhiD3BlkkP5QVIUVEoIwkU+A6qos=
 github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator v1.0.0/go.mod h1:vRYWnXvI6aWGpsdY/mOT/cbeVRBlPWtBNDb7kGR3uKM=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.20.1 h1:XwbrGOIplXW/AU3YhIhLODXMJYyC1isLFfYCsTEycfc=
diff --git a/internal/tools/go.mod b/internal/tools/go.mod
index bcbef2585..bb2ab43ba 100644
--- a/internal/tools/go.mod
+++ b/internal/tools/go.mod
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.67.5 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.68.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.20.1 // indirect
 	github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard v0.4.5 // indirect
 	github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard/dsl v0.3.23 // indirect
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools v0.30.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.28.0 // indirect
-	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.4 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.52.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp/typeparams v0.0.0-20260529124908-c761662dc8c9 // indirect
diff --git a/internal/tools/go.sum b/internal/tools/go.sum
index 532c669e1..27a384f46 100644
--- a/internal/tools/go.sum
+++ b/internal/tools/go.sum
@@ -396,8 +396,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2 h1:Je96obch5RDVy3FDMndoUsjAhG5Edi49h
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2/go.mod h1:Tb1a6LWHB3/SPIzCoaDXI4I8UHKeFTEQ1YCr+0Gyqmg=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2 h1:oBsgwpGs7iVziMvrGhE53c/GrLUsZdHnqNwqPLxwZyk=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2/go.mod h1:y3m2F6Gdpfy6Ut/GBsUqTWZqCUvMVzSfMLjcu6wAwpE=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.67.5 h1:pIgK94WWlQt1WLwAC5j2ynLaBRDiinoAb86HZHTUGI4=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.67.5/go.mod h1:SjE/0MzDEEAyrdr5Gqc6G+sXI67maCxzaT3A2+HqjUw=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.68.0 h1:8rQJvQmYltsR2L7h8Zw0Iyj8WYNNmpwikoQTZXwfVeA=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.68.0/go.mod h1:4soH+U8yJSROk7OJ//hmTiWKsxapv6zRGgTt3keN8gQ=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.20.1 h1:XwbrGOIplXW/AU3YhIhLODXMJYyC1isLFfYCsTEycfc=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.20.1/go.mod h1:o9EMBZGRyvDrSPH1RqdxhojkuXstoe4UlK79eF5TGGo=
 github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard v0.4.5 h1:AGY0tiOT5hJX9BTdx/xBdoCubQUAE2grkqY2lSwvZcA=