diff --git a/instrumentation/host/example/go.mod b/instrumentation/host/example/go.mod
index 9a5cb35121a..04145dc7db7 100644
--- a/instrumentation/host/example/go.mod
+++ b/instrumentation/host/example/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20240513124658-fba389f38bae // indirect
 	github.com/power-devops/perfstat v0.0.0-20240221224432-82ca36839d55 // indirect
-	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3 v3.24.5 // indirect
+	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.5 // indirect
 	github.com/shoenig/go-m1cpu v0.1.6 // indirect
 	github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.14 // indirect
 	github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.8.0 // indirect
diff --git a/instrumentation/host/example/go.sum b/instrumentation/host/example/go.sum
index 75f70c2a79c..9488bdc0230 100644
--- a/instrumentation/host/example/go.sum
+++ b/instrumentation/host/example/go.sum
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ 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/v3 v3.24.5 h1:i0t8kL+kQTvpAYToeuiVk3TgDeKOFioZO3Ztz/iZ9pI=
-github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3 v3.24.5/go.mod h1:bsoOS1aStSs9ErQ1WWfxllSeS1K5D+U30r2NfcubMVk=
+github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.5 h1:gGsArG5K6vmsh5hcFOHaPm87UD003CaDMkAOweSQjhM=
+github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.5/go.mod h1:aoebb2vxetJ/yIDZISmduFvVNPHqXQ9SEJwRXxkf0RA=
 github.com/shoenig/go-m1cpu v0.1.6 h1:nxdKQNcEB6vzgA2E2bvzKIYRuNj7XNJ4S/aRSwKzFtM=
 github.com/shoenig/go-m1cpu v0.1.6/go.mod h1:1JJMcUBvfNwpq05QDQVAnx3gUHr9IYF7GNg9SUEw2VQ=
 github.com/shoenig/test v0.6.4 h1:kVTaSd7WLz5WZ2IaoM0RSzRsUD+m8wRR+5qvntpn4LU=
diff --git a/instrumentation/host/go.mod b/instrumentation/host/go.mod
index 45a7f2b7ab7..3c113667d8b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/host/go.mod
+++ b/instrumentation/host/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/host
 go 1.21
 
 require (
-	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3 v3.24.5
+	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.5
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.27.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.27.0
 )
diff --git a/instrumentation/host/go.sum b/instrumentation/host/go.sum
index ed3f3547381..5c5afd625be 100644
--- a/instrumentation/host/go.sum
+++ b/instrumentation/host/go.sum
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ 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/v3 v3.24.5 h1:i0t8kL+kQTvpAYToeuiVk3TgDeKOFioZO3Ztz/iZ9pI=
-github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3 v3.24.5/go.mod h1:bsoOS1aStSs9ErQ1WWfxllSeS1K5D+U30r2NfcubMVk=
+github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.5 h1:gGsArG5K6vmsh5hcFOHaPm87UD003CaDMkAOweSQjhM=
+github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.5/go.mod h1:aoebb2vxetJ/yIDZISmduFvVNPHqXQ9SEJwRXxkf0RA=
 github.com/shoenig/go-m1cpu v0.1.6 h1:nxdKQNcEB6vzgA2E2bvzKIYRuNj7XNJ4S/aRSwKzFtM=
 github.com/shoenig/go-m1cpu v0.1.6/go.mod h1:1JJMcUBvfNwpq05QDQVAnx3gUHr9IYF7GNg9SUEw2VQ=
 github.com/shoenig/test v0.6.4 h1:kVTaSd7WLz5WZ2IaoM0RSzRsUD+m8wRR+5qvntpn4LU=
diff --git a/instrumentation/host/host.go b/instrumentation/host/host.go
index c602b1450c4..722134c2054 100644
--- a/instrumentation/host/host.go
+++ b/instrumentation/host/host.go
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3/cpu"
-	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3/mem"
-	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3/net"
-	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3/process"
+	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4/cpu"
+	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4/mem"
+	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4/net"
+	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4/process"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"