diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2016effc622..e7130f82de4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-autodiscover v0.6.5
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-client/v7 v7.5.0
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.6.2
-	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.8.0
+	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.8.1
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8 v8.3.0
 	github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8 v8.10.1
 	github.com/elastic/go-licenser v0.4.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 54eca1468e7..0699238c81c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -783,8 +783,8 @@ github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-client/v7 v7.5.0 h1:niI3WQ+01Lnp2r5LxK8SyNhrPJe
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-client/v7 v7.5.0/go.mod h1:DYoX95xjC4BW/p2avyu724Qr2+hoUIz9eCU9CVS1d+0=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.6.2 h1:tE5pFK4y7xm1FtXm+r+63G7STjJAaWh3+oKIQDzdPDo=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.6.2/go.mod h1:o+EySawBZGeYu49shJxerg2wRCimS1dhrD4As0MS700=
-github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.8.0 h1:EsWbtd83JvnaqnL57bKS1E6GhOdemTRbxdFDcenR8zQ=
-github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.8.0/go.mod h1:9C1UEfj0P687HAzZepHszN6zXA+2tN2Lx3Osvq1zby8=
+github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.8.1 h1:eg6actuLeGJlIJFotHRdlAsz/3WhX2G8E0qI301IKBA=
+github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.8.1/go.mod h1:9C1UEfj0P687HAzZepHszN6zXA+2tN2Lx3Osvq1zby8=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-integration-corpus-generator-tool v0.5.0/go.mod h1:uf9N86y+UACGybdEhZLpwZ93XHWVhsYZAA4c2T2v6YM=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-package v0.77.0/go.mod h1:Xeqx0OOVnKBfFoSHsHmKI74RxgRGiDhU6yXEu8BkJJM=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8 v8.3.0 h1:DJGxovyQLXGr62e9nDMPSxRyWION0Bh6d9eCFBriiHo=