diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/prometheus/PrometheusMetricsExportAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/prometheus/PrometheusMetricsExportAutoConfigurationTests.java
index dde9a8d4bc..bac0a47fa8 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/prometheus/PrometheusMetricsExportAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/prometheus/PrometheusMetricsExportAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -305,6 +305,11 @@ class PrometheusMetricsExportAutoConfigurationTests {
 					return null;
 				}
 
+				@Override
+				public boolean isSampled() {
+					return false;
+				}
+
 			};
 		}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
index ee7ceda3f3..b9784c3fe0 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ bom {
 			]
 		}
 	}
-	library("Prometheus Client", "0.15.0") {
+	library("Prometheus Client", "0.16.0") {
 		group("io.prometheus") {
 			imports = [
 				"simpleclient_bom"