diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 45909ccc..8acf36bb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.20.2
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.34.2
 	github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring v0.76.2
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.3
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.4
 	github.com/prometheus/prometheus v0.54.1
 	github.com/sapcc/go-api-declarations v1.12.6
-	github.com/sapcc/go-bits v0.0.0-20240912081530-0967be9f0a6b
+	github.com/sapcc/go-bits v0.0.0-20240919081231-a80ea73a2dce
 	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.18.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0a4ccf60..0585fe27 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ github.com/prashantv/gostub v1.1.0 h1:BTyx3RfQjRHnUWaGF9oQos79AlQ5k8WNktv7VGvVH4
 github.com/prashantv/gostub v1.1.0/go.mod h1:A5zLQHz7ieHGG7is6LLXLz7I8+3LZzsrV0P1IAHhP5U=
 github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring v0.76.2 h1:BpGDC87A2SaxbKgONsFLEX3kRcRJee2aLQbjXsuz0hA=
 github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring v0.76.2/go.mod h1:Rd8YnCqz+2FYsiGmE2DMlaLjQRB4v2jFNnzCt9YY4IM=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.3 h1:oPksm4K8B+Vt35tUhw6GbSNSgVlVSBH0qELP/7u83l4=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.3/go.mod h1:PIEt8X02hGcP8JWbeHyeZ53Y/jReSnHgO035n//V5WE=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.4 h1:Tgh3Yr67PaOv/uTqloMsCEdeuFTatm5zIq5+qNN23vI=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.4/go.mod h1:PIEt8X02hGcP8JWbeHyeZ53Y/jReSnHgO035n//V5WE=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1 h1:ZKSh/rekM+n3CeS952MLRAdFwIKqeY8b62p8ais2e9E=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1/go.mod h1:OrxVMOVHjw3lKMa8+x6HeMGkHMQyHDk9E3jmP2AmGiY=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.59.1 h1:LXb1quJHWm1P6wq/U824uxYi4Sg0oGvNeUm1z5dJoX0=
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.12.0 h1:exVL4IDcn6na9z1rAb56Vxr+CgyK3nn3O+epU
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.12.0/go.mod h1:E+RYuTGaKKdloAfM02xzb0FW3Paa99yedzYV+kq4uf4=
 github.com/sapcc/go-api-declarations v1.12.6 h1:04sQmS3ipzPc+ENSCWW9A4FgCN7Qa5JIbNUNh7ziQJA=
 github.com/sapcc/go-api-declarations v1.12.6/go.mod h1:83R3hTANhuRXt/pXDby37IJetw8l7DG41s33Tp9NXxI=
-github.com/sapcc/go-bits v0.0.0-20240912081530-0967be9f0a6b h1:t9u9Flob/wvaMfttFxfY4cG5iMx3Cs2I3FGSIqHTJ0U=
-github.com/sapcc/go-bits v0.0.0-20240912081530-0967be9f0a6b/go.mod h1:ERkSk9u7zke3ZaV0Ug+SWg7y6KRfeRBx/1CkqovTvgA=
+github.com/sapcc/go-bits v0.0.0-20240919081231-a80ea73a2dce h1:Wr/hxpBMp3DP28/k3MchR6WHvyZeIDZQ/BgrmvP9/Mc=
+github.com/sapcc/go-bits v0.0.0-20240919081231-a80ea73a2dce/go.mod h1:80FgmJ7WhHF837BcfKnTiic5IxIt0XopzIZwtNJfBSs=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.3.1 h1:xkr+Oxo4BOQKmkn/B9eMK0g5Kg/983T9DqqPHwYqD+8=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.3.1/go.mod h1:aMJSSKb2lpPvRNec0+w3fl7LP9IOFzdc9Pa4NFbPK1I=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/histogram.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/histogram.go
index 8a4f49a4..519db348 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/histogram.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/histogram.go
@@ -844,9 +844,7 @@ func (h *histogram) Write(out *dto.Metric) error {
 			}}
 		}
 
-		// If exemplars are not configured, the cap will be 0.
-		// So append is not needed in this case.
-		if cap(h.nativeExemplars.exemplars) > 0 {
+		if h.nativeExemplars.isEnabled() {
 			h.nativeExemplars.Lock()
 			his.Exemplars = append(his.Exemplars, h.nativeExemplars.exemplars...)
 			h.nativeExemplars.Unlock()
@@ -1665,6 +1663,10 @@ type nativeExemplars struct {
 	exemplars []*dto.Exemplar
 }
 
+func (n *nativeExemplars) isEnabled() bool {
+	return n.ttl != -1
+}
+
 func makeNativeExemplars(ttl time.Duration, maxCount int) nativeExemplars {
 	if ttl == 0 {
 		ttl = 5 * time.Minute
@@ -1686,7 +1688,7 @@ func makeNativeExemplars(ttl time.Duration, maxCount int) nativeExemplars {
 }
 
 func (n *nativeExemplars) addExemplar(e *dto.Exemplar) {
-	if n.ttl == -1 {
+	if !n.isEnabled() {
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index e6562ade..3bf1f998 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ github.com/pkg/errors
 ## explicit; go 1.22.0
 github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring
 github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring/v1
-# github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.3
+# github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.4
 ## explicit; go 1.20
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang/internal/github.com/golang/gddo/httputil
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang/internal/github.com/golang/gddo/httputil/header
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/strutil
 # github.com/sapcc/go-api-declarations v1.12.6
 ## explicit; go 1.21
 github.com/sapcc/go-api-declarations/bininfo
-# github.com/sapcc/go-bits v0.0.0-20240912081530-0967be9f0a6b
+# github.com/sapcc/go-bits v0.0.0-20240919081231-a80ea73a2dce
 ## explicit; go 1.23
 github.com/sapcc/go-bits/errext
 github.com/sapcc/go-bits/logg