diff --git a/emailsender/pkg/metrics/server_test.go b/emailsender/pkg/metrics/server_test.go
index d413487ad0..7d3e80c2b9 100644
--- a/emailsender/pkg/metrics/server_test.go
+++ b/emailsender/pkg/metrics/server_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	io_prometheus_client "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/expfmt"
+	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ func serveMetrics(t *testing.T, registry *prometheus.Registry) metricResponse {
 	server.Handler.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
 	require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, rec.Code, "status code should be OK")
 
-	promParser := expfmt.TextParser{}
+	promParser := expfmt.NewTextParser(model.UTF8Validation)
 	metrics, err := promParser.TextToMetricFamilies(rec.Body)
 	require.NoError(t, err, "failed parsing metrics response")
 	return metrics
diff --git a/fleetshard/pkg/fleetshardmetrics/server_test.go b/fleetshard/pkg/fleetshardmetrics/server_test.go
index 70f191c791..ad53fc3156 100644
--- a/fleetshard/pkg/fleetshardmetrics/server_test.go
+++ b/fleetshard/pkg/fleetshardmetrics/server_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	io_prometheus_client "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/expfmt"
+	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ func serveMetrics(t *testing.T, customMetrics *Metrics) metricResponse {
 	server.Handler.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
 	require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, rec.Code, "status code should be OK")
 
-	promParser := expfmt.TextParser{}
+	promParser := expfmt.NewTextParser(model.UTF8Validation)
 	metrics, err := promParser.TextToMetricFamilies(rec.Body)
 	require.NoError(t, err, "failed parsing metrics file")
 	return metrics
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5f27c2a91a..a1f9d022c5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -38,16 +38,16 @@ require (
 	github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20250320115527-3aa9dd5b9002
 	github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.21.0
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.65.0
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.66.1
 	github.com/redhat-developer/app-services-sdk-core/app-services-sdk-go/serviceaccountmgmt v0.0.0-20230323122535-49460b57cc45
 	github.com/rs/xid v1.6.0
 	github.com/selvatico/go-mocket v1.0.7
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.2
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.10
 	github.com/stackrox/rox v0.0.0-20230323083409-e83503a98fb4
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	github.com/zgalor/weberr v0.9.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20241108190413-2d47ceb2692f
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.35.0
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/jmoiron/sqlx v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
-	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.11 // indirect
 	github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
@@ -189,7 +188,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf v0.6.1-0.20240319094008-0393e58bdf10 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
 	github.com/pquerna/otp v1.4.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.16.1 // indirect
 	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7 // indirect
 	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/segmentio/analytics-go/v3 v3.3.0 // indirect
@@ -209,6 +208,7 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 // indirect
+	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.2 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.47.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp/typeparams v0.0.0-20230307190834-24139beb5833 // indirect
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250303144028-a0af3efb3deb // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250227231956-55c901821b1e // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.1 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.7 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4d0d06dbf3..4f21d000db 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -465,8 +465,8 @@ github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report v0.0.0-20190106144839-af01ea7f8024/go.mod h1
 github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report v0.9.1/go.mod h1:Brl9GWCQeLvo8nXZwPNNblvFj/XSXhF0NWZEnDohbsk=
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
 github.com/kisielk/sqlstruct v0.0.0-20201105191214-5f3e10d3ab46/go.mod h1:yyMNCyc/Ib3bDTKd379tNMpB/7/H5TjM2Y9QJ5THLbE=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.11 h1:In6xLpyWOi1+C7tXUUWv2ot1QvBjxevKAaI6IXrJmUc=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.11/go.mod h1:pMDklpSncoRMuLFrf1W9Ss9KT+0rH90U12bZKk7uwG0=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.0 h1:c/Cqfb0r+Yi+JtIEq73FWXVkRonBlf0CRNYc8Zttxdo=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.0/go.mod h1:2Pp+KzxcywXVXMr50+X0Q/Lsb43OQHYWRCY2AiWywWQ=
 github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1/go.mod h1:T0+1ngSBFLxvqU3pZ+m/2kptfBszLMUkC4ZK/EgS/cQ=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
@@ -571,15 +571,15 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 h1:Jamvg5psRI
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/pquerna/otp v1.4.0 h1:wZvl1TIVxKRThZIBiwOOHOGP/1+nZyWBil9Y2XNEDzg=
 github.com/pquerna/otp v1.4.0/go.mod h1:dkJfzwRKNiegxyNb54X/3fLwhCynbMspSyWKnvi1AEg=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.21.0 h1:DIsaGmiaBkSangBgMtWdNfxbMNdku5IK6iNhrEqWvdA=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.21.0/go.mod h1:U9NM32ykUErtVBxdvD3zfi+EuFkkaBvMb09mIfe0Zgg=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2 h1:Je96obch5RDVy3FDMndoUsjAhG5Edi49h0RJWRi/o0o=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2/go.mod h1:Tb1a6LWHB3/SPIzCoaDXI4I8UHKeFTEQ1YCr+0Gyqmg=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190812154241-14fe0d1b01d4/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
 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 v0.65.0 h1:QDwzd+G1twt//Kwj/Ww6E9FQq1iVMmODnILtW1t2VzE=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.65.0/go.mod h1:0gZns+BLRQ3V6NdaerOhMbwwRbNh9hkGINtQAsP5GS8=
-github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 h1:YagwOFzUgYfKKHX6Dr+sHT7km/hxC76UB0learggepc=
-github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1/go.mod h1:fB45yRUv8NstnjriLhBQLuOUt+WW4BsoGhij/e3PBqk=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.66.1 h1:h5E0h5/Y8niHc5DlaLlWLArTQI7tMrsfQjHV+d9ZoGs=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.66.1/go.mod h1:gcaUsgf3KfRSwHY4dIMXLPV0K/Wg1oZ8+SbZk/HH/dA=
+github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.16.1 h1:hZ15bTNuirocR6u0JZ6BAHHmwS1p8B4P6MRqxtzMyRg=
+github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.16.1/go.mod h1:teAbpZRB1iIAJYREa1LsoWUXykVXA1KlTmWl8x/U+Is=
 github.com/redhat-developer/app-services-sdk-core/app-services-sdk-go v0.1.0/go.mod h1:JPNDOitDoHoHk5ZPRjfOxHQhE4Br0WtiyV8m43E0rso=
 github.com/redhat-developer/app-services-sdk-core/app-services-sdk-go/serviceaccountmgmt v0.0.0-20230323122535-49460b57cc45 h1:zB7YuR81lby8jPK9CKIvzKQIrbpooR7R2lr5l3aL5KE=
 github.com/redhat-developer/app-services-sdk-core/app-services-sdk-go/serviceaccountmgmt v0.0.0-20230323122535-49460b57cc45/go.mod h1:9UjE86bWDvSfAwSAqweZPRNEAjAgI0ZvKYMIoz06qd0=
@@ -640,8 +640,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOfJA=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 h1:7s2iGBzp5EwR7/aIZr8ao5+dra3wiQyKjjFuvgVKu7U=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1/go.mod h1:wZwfW3scLgRK+23gO65QZefKpKQRnfz6sD981Nm4B6U=
 github.com/texttheater/golang-levenshtein v1.0.1 h1:+cRNoVrfiwufQPhoMzB6N0Yf/Mqajr6t1lOv8GyGE2U=
 github.com/texttheater/golang-levenshtein v1.0.1/go.mod h1:PYAKrbF5sAiq9wd+H82hs7gNaen0CplQ9uvm6+enD/8=
 github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.18.0 h1:FIDeeyB800efLX89e5a8Y0BNH+LOngJyGrIWxG2FKQY=
@@ -705,6 +705,8 @@ go.uber.org/multierr v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FeouvMocqHpRaaGuG9EjoKcStLC43Zu/fmqdUMPcKY
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 h1:blXXJkSxSSfBVBlC76pxqeO+LN3aDfLQo+309xJstO0=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0/go.mod h1:20+QtiLqy0Nd6FdQB9TLXag12DsQkrbs3htMFfDN80Y=
 go.uber.org/tools v0.0.0-20190618225709-2cfd321de3ee/go.mod h1:vJERXedbb3MVM5f9Ejo0C68/HhF8uaILCdgjnY+goOA=
+go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.2 h1:DzmwEr2rDGHl7lsFgAHxmNz/1NlQ7xLIrlN2h5d1eGI=
+go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.2/go.mod h1:081UH+NErpNdqlCXm3TtEran0rJZGxAYx9hb/ELlsPU=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 h1:tfq32ie2Jv2UxXFdLJdh3jXuOzWiL1fo0bu/FbuKpbc=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4/go.mod h1:DhzuOOF2ATzADvBadXxruRBLzYTpT36CKvDb3+aBEFg=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20180904163835-0709b304e793/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
@@ -1215,8 +1217,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQ
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.7 h1:IgrO7UwFQGJdRNXH/sQux4R1Dj1WAKcLElzeeRaXV2A=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.7/go.mod h1:jduwjTPXsFjZGTmRluh+L6NjiWu7pchiJ2/5YcXBHnY=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8 h1:xHScyCOEuuwZEc6UtSOvPbAT4zRh0xcNRYekJwfqyMc=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8/go.mod h1:fuxRtAxBytpl4zzqUh6/eyUujkJdNiuEkXntxiD/uRU=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
diff --git a/probe/pkg/metrics/server_test.go b/probe/pkg/metrics/server_test.go
index 242b344177..8b015c7e20 100644
--- a/probe/pkg/metrics/server_test.go
+++ b/probe/pkg/metrics/server_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	io_prometheus_client "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/expfmt"
+	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ func serveMetrics(t *testing.T, registry *prometheus.Registry) metricResponse {
 	server.Handler.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
 	require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, rec.Code, "status code should be OK")
 
-	promParser := expfmt.TextParser{}
+	promParser := expfmt.NewTextParser(model.UTF8Validation)
 	metrics, err := promParser.TextToMetricFamilies(rec.Body)
 	require.NoError(t, err, "failed parsing metrics response")
 	return metrics