diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6bcb07000..def06c157 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ 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 v1.0.12
-	github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.13.0
+	github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.13.1
 	github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metricsql v0.10.0
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.37.1
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 931e001f9..1f3e6e45f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fastcache v1.5.7/go.mod h1:ptDBkNMQI4RtmVo8VS/XwRY6Ro
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fasthttp v1.0.12 h1:Ag0E119yrH4BTxVyjKD9TeiSImtG9bUcg/stItLJhSE=
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fasthttp v1.0.12/go.mod h1:3SeUL4zwB/p/a9aEeRc6gdlbrtNHXBJR6N376EgiSHU=
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.12.2/go.mod h1:Z1tSfPfngDn12bTfZSCqArT3OPY3u88J12hSoOhuiRE=
-github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.13.0 h1:CvQROcaiptG0nCvfbGfIaES8aG0j4AyB7J3c+N6NhXs=
-github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.13.0/go.mod h1:Z1tSfPfngDn12bTfZSCqArT3OPY3u88J12hSoOhuiRE=
+github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.13.1 h1:1S9QrbXLPrcDBYLiDNIqWk9AC/lk5Ptk8eIjDIFFDsQ=
+github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.13.1/go.mod h1:Z1tSfPfngDn12bTfZSCqArT3OPY3u88J12hSoOhuiRE=
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metricsql v0.10.0 h1:45BARAP2shaL/5p67Hvz+YrWUbr0X0VCy9t+gvdIm8o=
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metricsql v0.10.0/go.mod h1:ylO7YITho/Iw6P71oEaGyHbO94bGoGtzWfLGqFhMIg8=
 github.com/VividCortex/ewma v1.1.1 h1:MnEK4VOv6n0RSY4vtRe3h11qjxL3+t0B8yOL8iMXdcM=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics/process_metrics_linux.go b/vendor/github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics/process_metrics_linux.go
index d8b7c7354..f04a50393 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics/process_metrics_linux.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics/process_metrics_linux.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package metrics
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -123,15 +122,13 @@ func getOpenFDsCount(path string) (uint64, error) {
 }
 
 func getMaxFilesLimit(path string) (uint64, error) {
-	f, err := os.Open(path)
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	defer f.Close()
-	prefix := "Max open files"
-	scan := bufio.NewScanner(f)
-	for scan.Scan() {
-		s := scan.Text()
+	lines := strings.Split(string(data), "\n")
+	const prefix = "Max open files"
+	for _, s := range lines {
 		if !strings.HasPrefix(s, prefix) {
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 6064f910a..a4f480382 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fastcache
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fasthttp
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fasthttp/fasthttputil
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fasthttp/stackless
-# github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.13.0
+# github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.13.1
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics
 # github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metricsql v0.10.0
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metricsql