diff --git a/instrumentation/host/example/go.mod b/instrumentation/host/example/go.mod
index cc952e4c9d7..9a5208b34f6 100644
--- a/instrumentation/host/example/go.mod
+++ b/instrumentation/host/example/go.mod
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20240909124753-873cd0166683 // indirect
 	github.com/power-devops/perfstat v0.0.0-20240221224432-82ca36839d55 // indirect
-	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.11 // indirect
+	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.12 // indirect
 	github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.14 // indirect
 	github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.4 // indirect
diff --git a/instrumentation/host/example/go.sum b/instrumentation/host/example/go.sum
index fca2af72dc0..91b8b36bc52 100644
--- a/instrumentation/host/example/go.sum
+++ b/instrumentation/host/example/go.sum
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/power-devops/perfstat v0.0.0-20240221224432-82ca36839d55 h1:o4JXh1EVt9k/+g42oCprj/FisM4qX9L3sZB3upGN2ZU=
 github.com/power-devops/perfstat v0.0.0-20240221224432-82ca36839d55/go.mod h1:OmDBASR4679mdNQnz2pUhc2G8CO2JrUAVFDRBDP/hJE=
-github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.11 h1:WaU9xqGFKvFfsUv94SXcUPD7rCkU0vr/asVdQOBZNj8=
-github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.11/go.mod h1:s4D/wg+ag4rG0WO7AiTj2BeYCRhym0vM7DHbZRxnIT8=
+github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.12 h1:qvePBOk20e0IKA1QXrIIU+jmk+zEiYVVx06WjBRlZo4=
+github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.12/go.mod h1:DCtMPAad2XceTeIAbGyVfycbYQNBGk2P8cvDi7/VN9o=
 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/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.14 h1:g5vzr9iPFFz24v2KZXs/pvpvh8/V9Fw6vQK5ZZb78yU=
diff --git a/instrumentation/host/go.mod b/instrumentation/host/go.mod
index b2657ba1f37..dd5000a4c78 100644
--- a/instrumentation/host/go.mod
+++ b/instrumentation/host/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/host
 go 1.22.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.11
+	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.12
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0
diff --git a/instrumentation/host/go.sum b/instrumentation/host/go.sum
index 8226290c53b..336997dd820 100644
--- a/instrumentation/host/go.sum
+++ b/instrumentation/host/go.sum
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ github.com/power-devops/perfstat v0.0.0-20240221224432-82ca36839d55 h1:o4JXh1EVt
 github.com/power-devops/perfstat v0.0.0-20240221224432-82ca36839d55/go.mod h1:OmDBASR4679mdNQnz2pUhc2G8CO2JrUAVFDRBDP/hJE=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.13.1 h1:KvO1DLK/DRN07sQ1LQKScxyZJuNnedQ5/wKSR38lUII=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.13.1/go.mod h1:uMEvuHeurkdAXX61udpOXGD/AzZDWNMNyH2VO9fmH0o=
-github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.11 h1:WaU9xqGFKvFfsUv94SXcUPD7rCkU0vr/asVdQOBZNj8=
-github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.11/go.mod h1:s4D/wg+ag4rG0WO7AiTj2BeYCRhym0vM7DHbZRxnIT8=
+github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.12 h1:qvePBOk20e0IKA1QXrIIU+jmk+zEiYVVx06WjBRlZo4=
+github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.12/go.mod h1:DCtMPAad2XceTeIAbGyVfycbYQNBGk2P8cvDi7/VN9o=
 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/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.14 h1:g5vzr9iPFFz24v2KZXs/pvpvh8/V9Fw6vQK5ZZb78yU=