diff --git a/app/kuma-dp/pkg/dataplane/metrics/consts.go b/app/kuma-dp/pkg/dataplane/metrics/consts.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1b920542374f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/kuma-dp/pkg/dataplane/metrics/consts.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package metrics
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/common/expfmt"
+)
+
+var FmtOpenMetrics_1_0_0 = expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeOpenMetrics)
+
+// for some reason 0.0.1 is not taken into account in expfmt.NewFormat
+var FmtOpenMetrics_0_0_1 = expfmt.Format(strings.ReplaceAll(string(FmtOpenMetrics_1_0_0), expfmt.OpenMetricsVersion_1_0_0, expfmt.OpenMetricsVersion_0_0_1))
diff --git a/app/kuma-dp/pkg/dataplane/metrics/server.go b/app/kuma-dp/pkg/dataplane/metrics/server.go
index fd272a75ec57..ec28d15e1bea 100644
--- a/app/kuma-dp/pkg/dataplane/metrics/server.go
+++ b/app/kuma-dp/pkg/dataplane/metrics/server.go
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ var (
 
 	// holds prometheus content types in order of priority.
 	prometheusPriorityContentType = []expfmt.Format{
-		expfmt.FmtOpenMetrics_1_0_0,
-		expfmt.FmtOpenMetrics_0_0_1,
-		expfmt.FmtText,
-		expfmt.FmtUnknown,
+		FmtOpenMetrics_1_0_0,
+		FmtOpenMetrics_0_0_1,
+		expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeTextPlain),
+		expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeUnknown),
 	}
 
 	// Reverse mapping of prometheusPriorityContentType for faster lookup.
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ func processMetrics(contents <-chan []byte, contentType expfmt.Format) []byte {
 	buf.Reset()
 	buf.Write(processedMetrics)
 
-	if contentType == expfmt.FmtOpenMetrics_1_0_0 || contentType == expfmt.FmtOpenMetrics_0_0_1 {
+	if contentType == FmtOpenMetrics_1_0_0 || contentType == FmtOpenMetrics_0_0_1 {
 		// make metrics OpenMetrics compliant
 		buf.Write([]byte("# EOF\n"))
 	}
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ func selectContentType(contentTypes <-chan expfmt.Format, reqHeader http.Header)
 	// So it's better to choose the highest negotiated content type between the
 	// target apps and the scraper.
 	var ctPriority int32 = math.MaxInt32
-	ct := expfmt.FmtUnknown
+	ct := expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeUnknown)
 	for contentType := range contentTypes {
 		priority, valid := prometheusPriorityContentTypeLookup[contentType]
 		if !valid {
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ func selectContentType(contentTypes <-chan expfmt.Format, reqHeader http.Header)
 
 	// If no valid content type is returned by the target applications,
 	// negotitate content type based on Accept header of the scraper.
-	if ct == expfmt.FmtUnknown {
+	if ct == expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeUnknown) {
 		ct = expfmt.Negotiate(reqHeader)
 	}
 
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ func responseFormat(h http.Header) expfmt.Format {
 
 	mediatype, params, err := mime.ParseMediaType(ct)
 	if err != nil {
-		return expfmt.FmtUnknown
+		return expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeUnknown)
 	}
 
 	version := params["version"]
@@ -426,25 +426,25 @@ func responseFormat(h http.Header) expfmt.Format {
 		e := params["encoding"]
 		// only delimited encoding is supported by prometheus scraper
 		if p == expfmt.ProtoProtocol && e == "delimited" {
-			return expfmt.FmtProtoDelim
+			return expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeProtoDelim)
 		}
 
 	// if mediatype is `text/plain`, return Prometheus text format
 	// without checking the version, as there are few exporters
 	// which don't set the version param in the content-type header. ex: Envoy
 	case textType:
-		return expfmt.FmtText
+		return expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeTextPlain)
 
-	// if mediatype is OpenMetricsType, return FmtUnknown for any version
+	// if mediatype is OpenMetricsType, return expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeUnknown) for any version
 	// other than "0.0.1", "1.0.0" and "".
 	case expfmt.OpenMetricsType:
 		if version == expfmt.OpenMetricsVersion_0_0_1 || version == "" {
-			return expfmt.FmtOpenMetrics_0_0_1
+			return FmtOpenMetrics_0_0_1
 		}
 		if version == expfmt.OpenMetricsVersion_1_0_0 {
-			return expfmt.FmtOpenMetrics_1_0_0
+			return FmtOpenMetrics_1_0_0
 		}
 	}
 
-	return expfmt.FmtUnknown
+	return expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeUnknown)
 }
diff --git a/app/kuma-dp/pkg/dataplane/metrics/server_test.go b/app/kuma-dp/pkg/dataplane/metrics/server_test.go
index 4dab92c1a690..bc71c2eb0d94 100644
--- a/app/kuma-dp/pkg/dataplane/metrics/server_test.go
+++ b/app/kuma-dp/pkg/dataplane/metrics/server_test.go
@@ -82,14 +82,14 @@ var _ = Describe("Select Content Type", func() {
 
 	It("should honor app content-type", func() {
 		contentTypes := make(chan expfmt.Format, 3)
-		contentTypes <- expfmt.FmtOpenMetrics_0_0_1
+		contentTypes <- FmtOpenMetrics_0_0_1
 		contentTypes <- expfmt.Format("")
-		contentTypes <- expfmt.FmtText
+		contentTypes <- expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeTextPlain)
 		close(contentTypes)
 		reqHeader.Add("Accept", "application/openmetrics-text;version=1.0.0,application/openmetrics-text;version=0.0.1;q=0.75,text/plain;version=0.0.4;q=0.5,*/*;q=0.1")
 
 		actualContentType := selectContentType(contentTypes, reqHeader)
-		Expect(actualContentType).To(Equal(expfmt.FmtOpenMetrics_0_0_1))
+		Expect(actualContentType).To(Equal(FmtOpenMetrics_0_0_1))
 	})
 
 	It("should negotiate content-type based on Accept header", func() {
@@ -126,35 +126,35 @@ var _ = Describe("Response Format", func() {
 		},
 		Entry("return FmtProtoDelim for a 'delimited protobuf content type' response", testCase{
 			contentType:    "application/vnd.google.protobuf; proto=io.prometheus.client.MetricFamily; encoding=delimited",
-			expectedFormat: expfmt.FmtProtoDelim,
+			expectedFormat: expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeProtoDelim),
 		}),
-		Entry("return FmtUnknown for a 'text protobuf content type' response", testCase{
+		Entry("return expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeUnknown) for a 'text protobuf content type' response", testCase{
 			contentType:    "application/vnd.google.protobuf; proto=io.prometheus.client.MetricFamily; encoding=text",
-			expectedFormat: expfmt.FmtUnknown,
+			expectedFormat: expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeUnknown),
 		}),
 		Entry("return FmtText for a 'text plain content type' response", testCase{
 			contentType:    "text/plain; charset=UTF-8",
-			expectedFormat: expfmt.FmtText,
+			expectedFormat: expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeTextPlain),
 		}),
 		Entry("return FmtOpenMetrics_1_0_0 for a 'openmetrics v1.0.0 content type' response", testCase{
 			contentType:    "application/openmetrics-text; version=1.0.0",
-			expectedFormat: expfmt.FmtOpenMetrics_1_0_0,
+			expectedFormat: FmtOpenMetrics_1_0_0,
 		}),
 		Entry("return FmtOpenMetrics_0_0_1 for a 'openmetrics v0.0.1 content type' response", testCase{
 			contentType:    "application/openmetrics-text; version=0.0.1",
-			expectedFormat: expfmt.FmtOpenMetrics_0_0_1,
+			expectedFormat: FmtOpenMetrics_0_0_1,
 		}),
-		Entry("return FmtUnknown for a 'invalid content type' response", testCase{
+		Entry("return expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeUnknown) for a 'invalid content type' response", testCase{
 			contentType:    "application/invalid",
-			expectedFormat: expfmt.FmtUnknown,
+			expectedFormat: expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeUnknown),
 		}),
 		Entry("return FmtOpenMetrics_0_0_1 for a 'openmetrics content type with no version param' response", testCase{
 			contentType:    "application/openmetrics-text",
-			expectedFormat: expfmt.FmtOpenMetrics_0_0_1,
+			expectedFormat: FmtOpenMetrics_0_0_1,
 		}),
-		Entry("return FmtUnknown for a 'openmetrics content type with unsupported version param' response", testCase{
+		Entry("return expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeUnknown) for a 'openmetrics content type with unsupported version param' response", testCase{
 			contentType:    "application/openmetrics-text; version=2.0.0",
-			expectedFormat: expfmt.FmtUnknown,
+			expectedFormat: expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeUnknown),
 		}),
 	)
 })
@@ -187,17 +187,17 @@ var _ = Describe("Process Metrics", func() {
 		},
 		Entry("return OpenMetrics compliant metrics", testCase{
 			input:       []string{"openmetrics_0_1_1.in", "counter.out"},
-			contentType: expfmt.FmtOpenMetrics_0_0_1,
+			contentType: FmtOpenMetrics_0_0_1,
 			expected:    "openmetrics_0_0_1-counter.out",
 		}),
 		Entry("handle multiple # EOF", testCase{
 			input:       []string{"openmetrics_0_1_1.in", "openmetrics_0_1_1.in", "counter.out"},
-			contentType: expfmt.FmtOpenMetrics_0_0_1,
+			contentType: FmtOpenMetrics_0_0_1,
 			expected:    "multi-openmetrics-counter.out",
 		}),
 		Entry("return Prometheus text compliant metrics", testCase{
 			input:       []string{"prom-text.in", "counter.out"},
-			contentType: expfmt.FmtText,
+			contentType: expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeTextPlain),
 			expected:    "prom-text-counter.out",
 		}),
 	)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 834deb8483d2..a8e36c0cc603 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.18.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.0
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.47.0
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.48.0
 	github.com/sethvargo/go-retry v0.2.4
 	github.com/shopspring/decimal v1.3.1
 	github.com/slok/go-http-metrics v0.11.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 97bb7be2f817..a1a534698e86 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -393,8 +393,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.18.0/go.mod h1:T+GXkCk5wSJyOqMIzVgvvjFDlk
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190812154241-14fe0d1b01d4/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.0 h1:k1v3CzpSRUTrKMppY35TLwPvxHqBu0bYgxZzqGIgaos=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.0/go.mod h1:NTQHnmxFpouOD0DpvP4XujX3CdOAGQPoaGhyTchlyt8=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.47.0 h1:p5Cz0FNHo7SnWOmWmoRozVcjEp0bIVU8cV7OShpjL1k=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.47.0/go.mod h1:0/KsvlIEfPQCQ5I2iNSAWKPZziNCvRs5EC6ILDTlAPc=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.48.0 h1:QO8U2CdOzSn1BBsmXJXduaaW+dY/5QLjfB8svtSzKKE=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.48.0/go.mod h1:0/KsvlIEfPQCQ5I2iNSAWKPZziNCvRs5EC6ILDTlAPc=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0 h1:jluTpSng7V9hY0O2R9DzzJHYb2xULk9VTR1V1R/k6Bo=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0/go.mod h1:pcuDEFsWDnvcgNzo4EEweacyhjeA9Zk3cnaOZAZEfOo=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.11.0 h1:cWPaGQEPrBb5/AsnsZesgZZ9yb1OQ+GOISoDNXVBh4M=
diff --git a/test/e2e_env/universal/observability/applications_metrics.go b/test/e2e_env/universal/observability/applications_metrics.go
index bab785fa707d..f41192c1a0f1 100644
--- a/test/e2e_env/universal/observability/applications_metrics.go
+++ b/test/e2e_env/universal/observability/applications_metrics.go
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ metrics:
 			// then
 			g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 			g.Expect(stdout).ToNot(BeNil())
-			g.Expect(stdout).To(ContainSubstring(string(expfmt.FmtText)))
+			g.Expect(stdout).To(ContainSubstring(string(expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeTextPlain))))
 
 			// response doesn't exist because was disabled
 			g.Expect(stdout).ToNot(ContainSubstring("path-stats"))
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ metrics:
 			// then
 			g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 			g.Expect(stdout).ToNot(BeNil())
-			g.Expect(stdout).To(ContainSubstring(string(expfmt.FmtText)))
+			g.Expect(stdout).To(ContainSubstring(string(expfmt.NewFormat(expfmt.TypeTextPlain))))
 
 			// path doesn't have defined address
 			g.Expect(stdout).ToNot(ContainSubstring("localhost-bound-not-exposed"))