diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1339daef7..cc05257ca 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20190716064945-2f068394615f // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.28.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.22.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.17.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.29.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.23.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.18.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 )
 
 exclude github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.1
+
+replace github.com/prometheus/common => github.com/dgrisonnet/common v0.0.0-20241010191341-a51096f4019c
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index abdd66f39..97d86bc1f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ3
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/dgrisonnet/common v0.0.0-20241010191341-a51096f4019c h1:oxCjWiBodZkIixF/Byg4HVG+WlqXdCT+edvh3SrTUOY=
+github.com/dgrisonnet/common v0.0.0-20241010191341-a51096f4019c/go.mod h1:h0LYf1R1deLSKtD4Vdg8gy4RuOvENW2J/h19V5NADQw=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
@@ -35,8 +37,6 @@ 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/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1 h1:ZKSh/rekM+n3CeS952MLRAdFwIKqeY8b62p8ais2e9E=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1/go.mod h1:OrxVMOVHjw3lKMa8+x6HeMGkHMQyHDk9E3jmP2AmGiY=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.59.1 h1:LXb1quJHWm1P6wq/U824uxYi4Sg0oGvNeUm1z5dJoX0=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.59.1/go.mod h1:GpWM7dewqmVYcd7SmRaiWVe9SSqjf0UrwnYnpEZNuT0=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 h1:YagwOFzUgYfKKHX6Dr+sHT7km/hxC76UB0learggepc=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1/go.mod h1:fB45yRUv8NstnjriLhBQLuOUt+WW4BsoGhij/e3PBqk=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.9.0/go.mod h1:WtVeX8xhTBvf0smdhujwtBcq4Qrzq/fJaraNFVN+nFs=
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
-golang.org/x/net v0.28.0 h1:a9JDOJc5GMUJ0+UDqmLT86WiEy7iWyIhz8gz8E4e5hE=
-golang.org/x/net v0.28.0/go.mod h1:yqtgsTWOOnlGLG9GFRrK3++bGOUEkNBoHZc8MEDWPNg=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.22.0 h1:BzDx2FehcG7jJwgWLELCdmLuxk2i+x9UDpSiss2u0ZA=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.22.0/go.mod h1:XYTD2NtWslqkgxebSiOHnXEap4TF09sJSc7H1sXbhtI=
+golang.org/x/net v0.29.0 h1:5ORfpBpCs4HzDYoodCDBbwHzdR5UrLBZ3sOnUJmFoHo=
+golang.org/x/net v0.29.0/go.mod h1:gLkgy8jTGERgjzMic6DS9+SP0ajcu6Xu3Orq/SpETg0=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.23.0 h1:PbgcYx2W7i4LvjJWEbf0ngHV6qJYr86PkAV3bXdLEbs=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.23.0/go.mod h1:XYTD2NtWslqkgxebSiOHnXEap4TF09sJSc7H1sXbhtI=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.25.0 h1:r+8e+loiHxRqhXVl6ML1nO3l1+oFoWbnlu2Ehimmi34=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.25.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
-golang.org/x/text v0.17.0 h1:XtiM5bkSOt+ewxlOE/aE/AKEHibwj/6gvWMl9Rsh0Qc=
-golang.org/x/text v0.17.0/go.mod h1:BuEKDfySbSR4drPmRPG/7iBdf8hvFMuRexcpahXilzY=
+golang.org/x/text v0.18.0 h1:XvMDiNzPAl0jr17s6W9lcaIhGUfUORdGCNsuLmPG224=
+golang.org/x/text v0.18.0/go.mod h1:BuEKDfySbSR4drPmRPG/7iBdf8hvFMuRexcpahXilzY=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 h1:6xV6lTsCfpGD21XK49h7MhtcApnLqkfYgPcdHftf6hg=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2/go.mod h1:qYOHts0dSfpeUzUFpOMr/WGzszTmLH+DiWniOlNbLDw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
diff --git a/prometheus/testutil/testutil.go b/prometheus/testutil/testutil.go
index 8f2110e57..b231b152e 100644
--- a/prometheus/testutil/testutil.go
+++ b/prometheus/testutil/testutil.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"sort"
 
 	"github.com/kylelemons/godebug/diff"
 	dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
@@ -251,6 +252,7 @@ func CollectAndFormat(c prometheus.Collector, format expfmt.FormatType, metricNa
 // dto.MetricFamily.
 func convertReaderToMetricFamily(reader io.Reader) ([]*dto.MetricFamily, error) {
 	var tp expfmt.TextParser
+	tp.IncludeEmptyMetricFamilies(true)
 	notNormalized, err := tp.TextToMetricFamilies(reader)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("converting reader to metric families failed: %w", err)
@@ -270,7 +272,27 @@ func convertReaderToMetricFamily(reader io.Reader) ([]*dto.MetricFamily, error)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return internal.NormalizeMetricFamilies(notNormalized), nil
+	a := normalizeMetricFamilies(notNormalized)
+	return a, nil
+}
+
+// normalizeMetricFamilies is a copy of Prometheus
+// internal.NormalizeMetricFamilies, but it keeps MetricFamily without
+// timeseries.
+func normalizeMetricFamilies(metricFamiliesByName map[string]*dto.MetricFamily) []*dto.MetricFamily {
+	for _, mf := range metricFamiliesByName {
+		sort.Sort(internal.MetricSorter(mf.Metric))
+	}
+	names := make([]string, 0, len(metricFamiliesByName))
+	for name := range metricFamiliesByName {
+		names = append(names, name)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(names)
+	result := make([]*dto.MetricFamily, 0, len(names))
+	for _, name := range names {
+		result = append(result, metricFamiliesByName[name])
+	}
+	return result
 }
 
 // compareMetricFamilies would compare 2 slices of metric families, and optionally filters both of
diff --git a/prometheus/testutil/testutil_test.go b/prometheus/testutil/testutil_test.go
index ec835a69e..ce0f8ca99 100644
--- a/prometheus/testutil/testutil_test.go
+++ b/prometheus/testutil/testutil_test.go
@@ -396,6 +396,18 @@ func TestScrapeAndCompare(t *testing.T) {
 			metricNames: []string{"some_total1", "some_total3"},
 			expectedErr: "expected metric name(s) not found: [some_total1 some_total3]",
 		},
+		"metric registered but absent": {
+			want: `
+		# HELP some_total A value that represents a counter.
+		# TYPE some_total counter
+
+		some_total{ label1 = "value1" } 1
+
+		# HELP some_total2 A value that represents a counter.
+		# TYPE some_total2 counter
+	`,
+			metricNames: []string{"some_total2"},
+		},
 	}
 	for name, scenario := range scenarios {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {