diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 16e51f5980..62e797e421 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ GIT_COMMIT ?= $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 OS ?= $(shell uname -s | tr A-Z a-z)
 ALL_ARCH = amd64 arm arm64 ppc64le s390x
 PKG = github.com/prometheus/common
-PROMETHEUS_VERSION = 2.25.2
-GO_VERSION = 1.16.3
+PROMETHEUS_VERSION = 2.26.0
+GO_VERSION = 1.16.4
 IMAGE = $(REGISTRY)/kube-state-metrics
 MULTI_ARCH_IMG = $(IMAGE)-$(ARCH)
 USER ?= $(shell id -u -n)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 163dd4887d..9036677ee3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.10.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.18.0
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.23.0
 	github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit v0.5.1
 	github.com/prometheus/prometheus v2.5.0+incompatible
 	github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c5cec678e5..cab6735425 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -438,8 +438,9 @@ github.com/prometheus/common v0.4.1/go.mod h1:TNfzLD0ON7rHzMJeJkieUDPYmFC7Snx/y8
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.7.0/go.mod h1:DjGbpBbp5NYNiECxcL/VnbXCCaQpKd3tt26CguLLsqA=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.10.0/go.mod h1:Tlit/dnDKsSWFlCLTWaA1cyBgKHSMdTB80sz/V91rCo=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.15.0/go.mod h1:U+gB1OBLb1lF3O42bTCL+FK18tX9Oar16Clt/msog/s=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.18.0 h1:WCVKW7aL6LEe1uryfI9dnEc2ZqNB1Fn0ok930v0iL1Y=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.18.0/go.mod h1:U+gB1OBLb1lF3O42bTCL+FK18tX9Oar16Clt/msog/s=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.23.0 h1:GXWvPYuTUenIa+BhOq/x+L/QZzCqASkVRny5KTlPDGM=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.23.0/go.mod h1:H6QK/N6XVT42whUeIdI3dp36w49c+/iMDk7UAI2qm7Q=
 github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit v0.5.1 h1:9eqgis5er9xN613ZSADjypCJaDGj9ZlcWBvsIHa8/3c=
 github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit v0.5.1/go.mod h1:OCkM4805mmisBhLmVFw858QYi3v0wKdY6/UxrT0pZVg=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.0-20181005140218-185b4288413d/go.mod h1:c3At6R/oaqEKCNdg8wHV1ftS6bRYblBhIjjI8uT2IGk=