diff --git a/misc/metrics/CHANGELOG.md b/misc/metrics/CHANGELOG.md
index c9cc21a06f1..06e2163597e 100644
--- a/misc/metrics/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/misc/metrics/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 
 - Update to `libp2p-core` `v0.35.0`.
 
+- Update to `prometheus-client` `v0.17.0`. See [PR 2761].
+
+[PR 2761]: https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/2761/
+
 [PR 2734]: https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/2734/
 
 # 0.7.0
diff --git a/misc/metrics/Cargo.toml b/misc/metrics/Cargo.toml
index 7fdfec733e0..7ccd259e535 100644
--- a/misc/metrics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/misc/metrics/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ libp2p-kad = { version = "0.39.0", path = "../../protocols/kad", optional = true
 libp2p-ping = { version = "0.38.0", path = "../../protocols/ping", optional = true }
 libp2p-relay =  { version = "0.11.0", path = "../../protocols/relay", optional = true }
 libp2p-swarm = { version = "0.38.0", path = "../../swarm" }
-prometheus-client = "0.16.0"
+prometheus-client = "0.17.0"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_os = "unknown"))'.dependencies]
 libp2p-gossipsub =  { version = "0.40.0", path = "../../protocols/gossipsub", optional = true }
diff --git a/protocols/gossipsub/CHANGELOG.md b/protocols/gossipsub/CHANGELOG.md
index f6b0902d306..233d3873e98 100644
--- a/protocols/gossipsub/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/protocols/gossipsub/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 - Update to `libp2p-core` `v0.35.0`.
 
+- Update to `prometheus-client` `v0.17.0`. See [PR 2761].
+
+[PR 2761]: https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/2761/
+
 # 0.39.0
 
 - Update to `libp2p-core` `v0.34.0`.
diff --git a/protocols/gossipsub/Cargo.toml b/protocols/gossipsub/Cargo.toml
index e992fb3b9ef..da97500808d 100644
--- a/protocols/gossipsub/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/gossipsub/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ serde = { version = "1", optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
 wasm-timer = "0.2.5"
 instant = "0.1.11"
 # Metrics dependencies
-prometheus-client = "0.16.0"
+prometheus-client = "0.17.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 async-std = "1.6.3"