diff --git a/sysutils/node_exporter/Makefile b/sysutils/node_exporter/Makefile
index f2926a22081..98bbf7e2f27 100644
--- a/sysutils/node_exporter/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/node_exporter/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ COMMENT =		prometheus exporter for hardware and OS metrics
 
 MODGO_MODNAME =		github.com/prometheus/node_exporter
 MODGO_VERSION =		v1.7.0
+REVISION =		0
 
 DISTNAME =		node_exporter-${MODGO_VERSION}
 
@@ -32,5 +33,7 @@ do-install:
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/NOTICE ${PREFIX}/share/doc/node_exporter/
 
 .include "modules.inc"
+# updated from upstream's old version, also see patches
+MODGO_MODULES +=	golang.org/x/sys	v0.15.0
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/node_exporter/distinfo b/sysutils/node_exporter/distinfo
index 1d1fa1ecd41..15b01334bb9 100644
--- a/sysutils/node_exporter/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/node_exporter/distinfo
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ SHA256 (go_modules/golang.org/x/sys/@v/v0.11.0.mod) = 8DMzMJb+GY8xUd7tk/LeunTlC7
 SHA256 (go_modules/golang.org/x/sys/@v/v0.12.0.mod) = 8DMzMJb+GY8xUd7tk/LeunTlC7/nc5E0BFvDt85KUCQ=
 SHA256 (go_modules/golang.org/x/sys/@v/v0.13.0.mod) = 8DMzMJb+GY8xUd7tk/LeunTlC7/nc5E0BFvDt85KUCQ=
 SHA256 (go_modules/golang.org/x/sys/@v/v0.13.0.zip) = PRSa/Jk5mANUN0wNR0Ydzb0dOYDrL3fmAwSyP+5vPTc=
+SHA256 (go_modules/golang.org/x/sys/@v/v0.15.0.mod) = 0iezJfYh9OvijTm6dz6pm4cPOTt8CcNFksNlsW3VYN4=
+SHA256 (go_modules/golang.org/x/sys/@v/v0.15.0.zip) = hhLrQWxznDsEzkjcvmVjLG+8QnAx/Zgcrs7sZBDR4fw=
 SHA256 (go_modules/golang.org/x/sys/@v/v0.2.0.mod) = 8DMzMJb+GY8xUd7tk/LeunTlC7/nc5E0BFvDt85KUCQ=
 SHA256 (go_modules/golang.org/x/sys/@v/v0.5.0.mod) = 8DMzMJb+GY8xUd7tk/LeunTlC7/nc5E0BFvDt85KUCQ=
 SHA256 (go_modules/golang.org/x/sys/@v/v0.6.0.mod) = 8DMzMJb+GY8xUd7tk/LeunTlC7/nc5E0BFvDt85KUCQ=
@@ -430,6 +432,8 @@ SIZE (go_modules/golang.org/x/sys/@v/v0.11.0.mod) = 33
 SIZE (go_modules/golang.org/x/sys/@v/v0.12.0.mod) = 33
 SIZE (go_modules/golang.org/x/sys/@v/v0.13.0.mod) = 33
 SIZE (go_modules/golang.org/x/sys/@v/v0.13.0.zip) = 1901653
+SIZE (go_modules/golang.org/x/sys/@v/v0.15.0.mod) = 33
+SIZE (go_modules/golang.org/x/sys/@v/v0.15.0.zip) = 1901954
 SIZE (go_modules/golang.org/x/sys/@v/v0.2.0.mod) = 33
 SIZE (go_modules/golang.org/x/sys/@v/v0.5.0.mod) = 33
 SIZE (go_modules/golang.org/x/sys/@v/v0.6.0.mod) = 33
diff --git a/sysutils/node_exporter/patches/patch-go_mod b/sysutils/node_exporter/patches/patch-go_mod
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d63b762c257
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/node_exporter/patches/patch-go_mod
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Update golang.org/x/sys to v0.15.0
+https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/pull/2863
+
+Index: go.mod
+--- go.mod.orig
++++ go.mod
+@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ require (
+ 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0
+ 	github.com/safchain/ethtool v0.3.0
+ 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230522175609-2e198f4a06a1
+-	golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0
++	golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0
+ 	howett.net/plist v1.0.0
+ )
+
diff --git a/sysutils/node_exporter/patches/patch-go_sum b/sysutils/node_exporter/patches/patch-go_sum
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1fa7ef30984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/node_exporter/patches/patch-go_sum
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Update golang.org/x/sys to v0.15.0
+https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/pull/2863
+
+Index: go.sum
+--- go.sum.orig
++++ go.sum
+@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5
+ golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+ golang.org/x/sys v0.9.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+ golang.org/x/sys v0.10.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+-golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0 h1:Af8nKPmuFypiUBjVoU9V20FiaFXOcuZI21p0ycVYYGE=
+-golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
++golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 h1:h48lPFYpsTvQJZF4EKyI4aLHaev3CxivZmv7yZig9pc=
++golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+ golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
+ golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
+ golang.org/x/term v0.5.0/go.mod h1:jMB1sMXY+tzblOD4FWmEbocvup2/aLOaQEp7JmGp78k=