diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 816d1af..2340c77 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9
 	github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.57.0
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.59.1
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.24.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20190716064945-2f068394615f // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.27.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.21.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.28.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.22.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.17.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4270beb..59d9893 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1 h1:ZKSh/rekM+n3CeS952MLRAdFwIKqeY8b62p
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1/go.mod h1:OrxVMOVHjw3lKMa8+x6HeMGkHMQyHDk9E3jmP2AmGiY=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.57.0 h1:Ro/rKjwdq9mZn1K5QPctzh+MA4Lp0BuYk5ZZEVhoNcY=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.57.0/go.mod h1:7uRPFSUTbfZWsJ7MHY56sqt7hLQu3bxXHDnNhl8E9qI=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.59.0 h1:o2eVCLbhf3sgisnD5e0/twUt25r8gNmMHNzTOAuY9bs=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.59.0/go.mod h1:GpWM7dewqmVYcd7SmRaiWVe9SSqjf0UrwnYnpEZNuT0=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.59.1 h1:LXb1quJHWm1P6wq/U824uxYi4Sg0oGvNeUm1z5dJoX0=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.59.1/go.mod h1:GpWM7dewqmVYcd7SmRaiWVe9SSqjf0UrwnYnpEZNuT0=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 h1:YagwOFzUgYfKKHX6Dr+sHT7km/hxC76UB0learggepc=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1/go.mod h1:fB45yRUv8NstnjriLhBQLuOUt+WW4BsoGhij/e3PBqk=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.9.0/go.mod h1:WtVeX8xhTBvf0smdhujwtBcq4Qrzq/fJaraNFVN+nFs=
@@ -46,14 +50,14 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
-golang.org/x/net v0.27.0 h1:5K3Njcw06/l2y9vpGCSdcxWOYHOUk3dVNGDXN+FvAys=
-golang.org/x/net v0.27.0/go.mod h1:dDi0PyhWNoiUOrAS8uXv/vnScO4wnHQO4mj9fn/RytE=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.21.0 h1:tsimM75w1tF/uws5rbeHzIWxEqElMehnc+iW793zsZs=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.21.0/go.mod h1:XYTD2NtWslqkgxebSiOHnXEap4TF09sJSc7H1sXbhtI=
+golang.org/x/net v0.28.0 h1:a9JDOJc5GMUJ0+UDqmLT86WiEy7iWyIhz8gz8E4e5hE=
+golang.org/x/net v0.28.0/go.mod h1:yqtgsTWOOnlGLG9GFRrK3++bGOUEkNBoHZc8MEDWPNg=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.22.0 h1:BzDx2FehcG7jJwgWLELCdmLuxk2i+x9UDpSiss2u0ZA=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.22.0/go.mod h1:XYTD2NtWslqkgxebSiOHnXEap4TF09sJSc7H1sXbhtI=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.24.0 h1:Twjiwq9dn6R1fQcyiK+wQyHWfaz/BJB+YIpzU/Cv3Xg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.24.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
-golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 h1:a94ExnEXNtEwYLGJSIUxnWoxoRz/ZcCsV63ROupILh4=
-golang.org/x/text v0.16.0/go.mod h1:GhwF1Be+LQoKShO3cGOHzqOgRrGaYc9AvblQOmPVHnI=
+golang.org/x/text v0.17.0 h1:XtiM5bkSOt+ewxlOE/aE/AKEHibwj/6gvWMl9Rsh0Qc=
+golang.org/x/text v0.17.0/go.mod h1:BuEKDfySbSR4drPmRPG/7iBdf8hvFMuRexcpahXilzY=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 h1:6xV6lTsCfpGD21XK49h7MhtcApnLqkfYgPcdHftf6hg=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2/go.mod h1:qYOHts0dSfpeUzUFpOMr/WGzszTmLH+DiWniOlNbLDw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
diff --git a/prometheus/registry_test.go b/prometheus/registry_test.go
index 61fc1c5..35a74d2 100644
--- a/prometheus/registry_test.go
+++ b/prometheus/registry_test.go
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ collected metric "broken_metric" { label:<name:"foo" value:"bar" > label:<name:"
 			},
 			out: output{
 				headers: map[string]string{
-					"Content-Type": `text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8; escaping=values`,
+					"Content-Type": `text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8; escaping=underscores`,
 				},
 				body: []byte{},
 			},
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ collected metric "broken_metric" { label:<name:"foo" value:"bar" > label:<name:"
 			},
 			out: output{
 				headers: map[string]string{
-					"Content-Type": `text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8; escaping=values`,
+					"Content-Type": `text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8; escaping=underscores`,
 				},
 				body: []byte{},
 			},
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ collected metric "broken_metric" { label:<name:"foo" value:"bar" > label:<name:"
 			},
 			out: output{
 				headers: map[string]string{
-					"Content-Type": `text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8; escaping=values`,
+					"Content-Type": `text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8; escaping=underscores`,
 				},
 				body: []byte{},
 			},
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ collected metric "broken_metric" { label:<name:"foo" value:"bar" > label:<name:"
 			},
 			out: output{
 				headers: map[string]string{
-					"Content-Type": `application/vnd.google.protobuf; proto=io.prometheus.client.MetricFamily; encoding=delimited; escaping=values`,
+					"Content-Type": `application/vnd.google.protobuf; proto=io.prometheus.client.MetricFamily; encoding=delimited; escaping=underscores`,
 				},
 				body: []byte{},
 			},
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ collected metric "broken_metric" { label:<name:"foo" value:"bar" > label:<name:"
 			},
 			out: output{
 				headers: map[string]string{
-					"Content-Type": `text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8; escaping=values`,
+					"Content-Type": `text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8; escaping=underscores`,
 				},
 				body: expectedMetricFamilyAsText,
 			},
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ collected metric "broken_metric" { label:<name:"foo" value:"bar" > label:<name:"
 			},
 			out: output{
 				headers: map[string]string{
-					"Content-Type": `application/vnd.google.protobuf; proto=io.prometheus.client.MetricFamily; encoding=delimited; escaping=values`,
+					"Content-Type": `application/vnd.google.protobuf; proto=io.prometheus.client.MetricFamily; encoding=delimited; escaping=underscores`,
 				},
 				body: expectedMetricFamilyAsBytes,
 			},
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ collected metric "broken_metric" { label:<name:"foo" value:"bar" > label:<name:"
 			},
 			out: output{
 				headers: map[string]string{
-					"Content-Type": `text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8; escaping=values`,
+					"Content-Type": `text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8; escaping=underscores`,
 				},
 				body: externalMetricFamilyAsText,
 			},
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ collected metric "broken_metric" { label:<name:"foo" value:"bar" > label:<name:"
 			},
 			out: output{
 				headers: map[string]string{
-					"Content-Type": `application/vnd.google.protobuf; proto=io.prometheus.client.MetricFamily; encoding=delimited; escaping=values`,
+					"Content-Type": `application/vnd.google.protobuf; proto=io.prometheus.client.MetricFamily; encoding=delimited; escaping=underscores`,
 				},
 				body: externalMetricFamilyAsBytes,
 			},
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ collected metric "broken_metric" { label:<name:"foo" value:"bar" > label:<name:"
 			},
 			out: output{
 				headers: map[string]string{
-					"Content-Type": `application/vnd.google.protobuf; proto=io.prometheus.client.MetricFamily; encoding=delimited; escaping=values`,
+					"Content-Type": `application/vnd.google.protobuf; proto=io.prometheus.client.MetricFamily; encoding=delimited; escaping=underscores`,
 				},
 				body: bytes.Join(
 					[][]byte{
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ collected metric "broken_metric" { label:<name:"foo" value:"bar" > label:<name:"
 			},
 			out: output{
 				headers: map[string]string{
-					"Content-Type": `text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8; escaping=values`,
+					"Content-Type": `text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8; escaping=underscores`,
 				},
 				body: []byte{},
 			},
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ collected metric "broken_metric" { label:<name:"foo" value:"bar" > label:<name:"
 			},
 			out: output{
 				headers: map[string]string{
-					"Content-Type": `text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8; escaping=values`,
+					"Content-Type": `text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8; escaping=underscores`,
 				},
 				body: expectedMetricFamilyAsText,
 			},
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ collected metric "broken_metric" { label:<name:"foo" value:"bar" > label:<name:"
 			},
 			out: output{
 				headers: map[string]string{
-					"Content-Type": `text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8; escaping=values`,
+					"Content-Type": `text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8; escaping=underscores`,
 				},
 				body: bytes.Join(
 					[][]byte{
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ collected metric "broken_metric" { label:<name:"foo" value:"bar" > label:<name:"
 			},
 			out: output{
 				headers: map[string]string{
-					"Content-Type": `application/vnd.google.protobuf; proto=io.prometheus.client.MetricFamily; encoding=delimited; escaping=values`,
+					"Content-Type": `application/vnd.google.protobuf; proto=io.prometheus.client.MetricFamily; encoding=delimited; escaping=underscores`,
 				},
 				body: bytes.Join(
 					[][]byte{
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ collected metric "broken_metric" { label:<name:"foo" value:"bar" > label:<name:"
 			},
 			out: output{
 				headers: map[string]string{
-					"Content-Type": `application/vnd.google.protobuf; proto=io.prometheus.client.MetricFamily; encoding=text; escaping=values`,
+					"Content-Type": `application/vnd.google.protobuf; proto=io.prometheus.client.MetricFamily; encoding=text; escaping=underscores`,
 				},
 				body: bytes.Join(
 					[][]byte{
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ collected metric "broken_metric" { label:<name:"foo" value:"bar" > label:<name:"
 			},
 			out: output{
 				headers: map[string]string{
-					"Content-Type": `application/vnd.google.protobuf; proto=io.prometheus.client.MetricFamily; encoding=compact-text; escaping=values`,
+					"Content-Type": `application/vnd.google.protobuf; proto=io.prometheus.client.MetricFamily; encoding=compact-text; escaping=underscores`,
 				},
 				body: bytes.Join(
 					[][]byte{
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ collected metric "broken_metric" { label:<name:"foo" value:"bar" > label:<name:"
 			},
 			out: output{
 				headers: map[string]string{
-					"Content-Type": `application/vnd.google.protobuf; proto=io.prometheus.client.MetricFamily; encoding=compact-text; escaping=values`,
+					"Content-Type": `application/vnd.google.protobuf; proto=io.prometheus.client.MetricFamily; encoding=compact-text; escaping=underscores`,
 				},
 				body: bytes.Join(
 					[][]byte{
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ collected metric "broken_metric" { label:<name:"foo" value:"bar" > label:<name:"
 			},
 			out: output{
 				headers: map[string]string{
-					"Content-Type": `text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8; escaping=values`,
+					"Content-Type": `text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8; escaping=underscores`,
 				},
 				body: expectedMetricFamilyAsText,
 			},
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ collected metric "broken_metric" { label:<name:"foo" value:"bar" > label:<name:"
 			},
 			out: output{
 				headers: map[string]string{
-					"Content-Type": `text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8; escaping=values`,
+					"Content-Type": `text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8; escaping=underscores`,
 				},
 				body: bytes.Join(
 					[][]byte{
diff --git a/prometheus/testutil/testutil.go b/prometheus/testutil/testutil.go
index 0739c3b..8f2110e 100644
--- a/prometheus/testutil/testutil.go
+++ b/prometheus/testutil/testutil.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kylelemons/godebug/diff"
 	dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/expfmt"
+	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
@@ -298,13 +299,13 @@ func compareMetricFamilies(got, expected []*dto.MetricFamily, metricNames ...str
 // result.
 func compare(got, want []*dto.MetricFamily) error {
 	var gotBuf, wantBuf bytes.Buffer
-	enc := expfmt.NewEncoder(&gotBuf, expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeTextPlain))
+	enc := expfmt.NewEncoder(&gotBuf, expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeTextPlain).WithEscapingScheme(model.NoEscaping))
 	for _, mf := range got {
 		if err := enc.Encode(mf); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("encoding gathered metrics failed: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
-	enc = expfmt.NewEncoder(&wantBuf, expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeTextPlain))
+	enc = expfmt.NewEncoder(&wantBuf, expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeTextPlain).WithEscapingScheme(model.NoEscaping))
 	for _, mf := range want {
 		if err := enc.Encode(mf); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("encoding expected metrics failed: %w", err)