diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/go.mod
index 212133b6fb35..76946db9fec3 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/filter v0.112.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/experimentalmetricmetadata v0.112.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/pdatatest v0.112.0
-	github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter v0.27.2
+	github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter v0.29.2
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.9
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0