diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bc76ff8c9..0d415df7b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	// Do not use the original github.com/valyala/fasthttp because of issues
 	// like https://github.com/valyala/fasthttp/commit/996610f021ff45fdc98c2ce7884d5fa4e7f9199b
 	github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fasthttp v1.1.0
-	github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.23.0
+	github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.23.1
 	github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metricsql v0.51.1
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.17.3
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.18.8
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1560eef4e..cac65b52e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fastcache v1.12.0/go.mod h1:tjiYeEfYXCqacuvYw/7UoDIeJ
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fasthttp v1.1.0 h1:3crd4YWHsMwu60GUXRH6OstowiFvqrwS4a/ueoLdLL0=
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fasthttp v1.1.0/go.mod h1:/7DMcogqd+aaD3G3Hg5kFgoFwlR2uydjiWvoLp5ZTqQ=
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.18.1/go.mod h1:ArjwVz7WpgpegX/JpB0zpNF2h2232kErkEnzH1sxMmA=
-github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.23.0 h1:WzfqyzCaxUZip+OBbg1+lV33WChDSu4ssYII3nxtpeA=
-github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.23.0/go.mod h1:rAr/llLpEnAdTehiNlUxKgnjcOuROSzpw0GvjpEbvFc=
+github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.23.1 h1:/j8DzeJBxSpL2qSIdqnRFLvQQhbJyJbbEi22yMm7oL0=
+github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.23.1/go.mod h1:rAr/llLpEnAdTehiNlUxKgnjcOuROSzpw0GvjpEbvFc=
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metricsql v0.51.1 h1:gmh3ZGCDrqUTdhUrr87eJOXMOputDYs1PtLwTfySTsI=
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metricsql v0.51.1/go.mod h1:6pP1ZeLVJHqJrHlF6Ij3gmpQIznSsgktEcZgsAWYel0=
 github.com/VividCortex/ewma v1.1.1/go.mod h1:2Tkkvm3sRDVXaiyucHiACn4cqf7DpdyLvmxzcbUokwA=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics/process_metrics_linux.go b/vendor/github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics/process_metrics_linux.go
index 005af82f3..48def1cba 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics/process_metrics_linux.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics/process_metrics_linux.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ func writeProcessMetrics(w io.Writer) {
 		log.Printf("ERROR: metrics: cannot open %s: %s", statFilepath, err)
 		return
 	}
+
 	// Search for the end of command.
 	n := bytes.LastIndex(data, []byte(") "))
 	if n < 0 {
@@ -85,12 +87,20 @@ func writeProcessMetrics(w io.Writer) {
 	writeIOMetrics(w)
 }
 
+var procSelfIOErrLogged uint32
+
 func writeIOMetrics(w io.Writer) {
 	ioFilepath := "/proc/self/io"
 	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(ioFilepath)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("ERROR: metrics: cannot open %q: %s", ioFilepath, err)
+		// Do not spam the logs with errors - this error cannot be fixed without process restart.
+		// See https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics/issues/42
+		if atomic.CompareAndSwapUint32(&procSelfIOErrLogged, 0, 1) {
+			log.Printf("ERROR: metrics: cannot read process_io_* metrics from %q, so these metrics won't be updated until the error is fixed; "+
+				"see https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics/issues/42 ; The error: %s", ioFilepath, err)
+		}
 	}
+
 	getInt := func(s string) int64 {
 		n := strings.IndexByte(s, ' ')
 		if n < 0 {
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 3560ee519..e5ef3fb54 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fastcache
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fasthttp
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fasthttp/fasthttputil
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fasthttp/stackless
-# github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.23.0
+# github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.23.1
 ## explicit; go 1.15
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics
 # github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metricsql v0.51.1