diff --git a/collector/arp_linux.go b/collector/arp_linux.go
index 4b5ac65e7d..7f417d824e 100644
--- a/collector/arp_linux.go
+++ b/collector/arp_linux.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 
 	"github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2"
-	"github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink"
+	"github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink/v2"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/procfs"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
diff --git a/collector/netclass_rtnl_linux.go b/collector/netclass_rtnl_linux.go
index 96feb8bc68..44d89f8f05 100644
--- a/collector/netclass_rtnl_linux.go
+++ b/collector/netclass_rtnl_linux.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2"
-	"github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink"
+	"github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink/v2"
 	"github.com/mdlayher/ethtool"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/procfs/sysfs"
diff --git a/collector/netdev_linux.go b/collector/netdev_linux.go
index f449980a1d..58ac4af578 100644
--- a/collector/netdev_linux.go
+++ b/collector/netdev_linux.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"log/slog"
 
 	"github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2"
-	"github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink"
+	"github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink/v2"
 	"github.com/prometheus/procfs"
 	"github.com/prometheus/procfs/sysfs"
 )
diff --git a/collector/netdev_linux_test.go b/collector/netdev_linux_test.go
index cb27a81b0a..06700fd8ed 100644
--- a/collector/netdev_linux_test.go
+++ b/collector/netdev_linux_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"log/slog"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink"
+	"github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink/v2"
 )
 
 var links = []rtnetlink.LinkMessage{
diff --git a/collector/network_route_linux.go b/collector/network_route_linux.go
index 8eb141d633..5a5c34d29d 100644
--- a/collector/network_route_linux.go
+++ b/collector/network_route_linux.go
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ package collector
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 	"log/slog"
 	"net"
 	"strconv"
 
-	"github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink"
+	"github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink/v2"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
 type networkRouteCollector struct {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fdb56b5590..f6180440eb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hodgesds/perf-utils v0.7.0
 	github.com/illumos/go-kstat v0.0.0-20210513183136-173c9b0a9973
 	github.com/josharian/native v1.1.0
-	github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink v1.4.2
+	github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink/v2 v2.0.2
 	github.com/lufia/iostat v1.2.1
 	github.com/mattn/go-xmlrpc v0.0.3
 	github.com/mdlayher/ethtool v0.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 85ff97cda6..29f642ccf3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ github.com/josharian/native v1.1.0 h1:uuaP0hAbW7Y4l0ZRQ6C9zfb7Mg1mbFKry/xzDAfmtL
 github.com/josharian/native v1.1.0/go.mod h1:7X/raswPFr05uY3HiLlYeyQntB6OO7E/d2Cu7qoaN2w=
 github.com/jpillora/backoff v1.0.0 h1:uvFg412JmmHBHw7iwprIxkPMI+sGQ4kzOWsMeHnm2EA=
 github.com/jpillora/backoff v1.0.0/go.mod h1:J/6gKK9jxlEcS3zixgDgUAsiuZ7yrSoa/FX5e0EB2j4=
-github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink v1.4.2 h1:Df9w9TZ3npHTyDn0Ev9e1uzmN2odmXd0QX+J5GTEn90=
-github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink v1.4.2/go.mod h1:92s6LJdE+1iOrw+F2/RO7LYI2Qd8pPpFNNUYW06gcoM=
+github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink/v2 v2.0.2 h1:ZKlbCujrIpp4/u3V2Ka0oxlf4BCkt6ojkvpy3nZoCBY=
+github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:7MoNYNbb3UaDHtF8udiJo/RH6VsTKP1pqKLUTVCvToE=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9 h1:6KIumPrER1LHsvBVuDa0r5xaG0Es51mhhB9BQB2qeMA=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9/go.mod h1:Di0epgTjJY877eYKx5yC51cX2A2Vl2ibi7bDH9ttBbw=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=