diff --git a/.github/workflows/govulncheck.yml b/.github/workflows/govulncheck.yml
index 4ca92d302c..621476dec4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/govulncheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/govulncheck.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Run govulncheck
     steps:
+      - name: Install snmp_exporter/generator dependencies
+        id: snmp-deps
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install libsnmp-dev
+        if: github.repository == 'prometheus/snmp_exporter'
       - id: govulncheck
-        uses: golang/govulncheck-action@b625fbe08f3bccbe446d94fbf87fcc875a4f50ee # v1.0.4
+        uses: golang/govulncheck-action@3fa7bd9cee2cfdf3499a8803b226e43de7b7cdb4 # master
         env:
           GOOS: ${{ contains(github.repository, 'windows_exporter') && 'windows' || '' }}
diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index ef05881be8..a7c5f553e1 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ ifneq ($(shell command -v gotestsum 2> /dev/null),)
 endif
 endif
 
-PROMU_VERSION ?= 0.18.1
+PROMU_VERSION ?= 0.20.0
 PROMU_URL     := https://github.com/prometheus/promu/releases/download/v$(PROMU_VERSION)/promu-$(PROMU_VERSION).$(GO_BUILD_PLATFORM).tar.gz
 
 SKIP_GOLANGCI_LINT :=