diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ba6e1942..035e49ee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ network_route | Exposes the routing table as metrics | Linux
 perf | Exposes perf based metrics (Warning: Metrics are dependent on kernel configuration and settings). | Linux
 processes | Exposes aggregate process statistics from `/proc`. | Linux
 qdisc | Exposes [queuing discipline](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_scheduler#Linux_kernel) statistics | Linux
-runit | Exposes service status from [runit](http://smarden.org/runit/). | _any_
 slabinfo | Exposes slab statistics from `/proc/slabinfo`. Note that permission of `/proc/slabinfo` is usually 0400, so set it appropriately. | Linux
 supervisord | Exposes service status from [supervisord](http://supervisord.org/). | _any_
 sysctl | Expose sysctl values from `/proc/sys`. Use `--collector.sysctl.include(-info)` to configure. | Linux
@@ -211,6 +210,7 @@ These collectors are deprecated and will be removed in the next major release.
 Name     | Description | OS
 ---------|-------------|----
 ntp | Exposes local NTP daemon health to check [time](./docs/TIME.md) | _any_
+runit | Exposes service status from [runit](http://smarden.org/runit/). | _any_
 
 ### Perf Collector
 
diff --git a/collector/runit.go b/collector/runit.go
index 6b80b535..3cae657c 100644
--- a/collector/runit.go
+++ b/collector/runit.go
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
+	"github.com/prometheus-community/go-runit/runit"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	"github.com/soundcloud/go-runit/runit"
 )
 
 var runitServiceDir = kingpin.Flag("collector.runit.servicedir", "Path to runit service directory.").Default("/etc/service").String()
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ func NewRunitCollector(logger log.Logger) (Collector, error) {
 		labelNames  = []string{"service"}
 	)
 
+	level.Warn(logger).Log("msg", "This collector is deprecated and will be removed in the next major version release.")
+
 	return &runitCollector{
 		state: typedDesc{prometheus.NewDesc(
 			prometheus.BuildFQName(namespace, subsystem, "state"),
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f3131fbe..25c6ef9d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ require (
 	github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.7.2
 	github.com/mdlayher/wifi v0.0.0-20220330172155-a44c70b6d3c8
 	github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.11.0
+	github.com/prometheus-community/go-runit v0.0.0-20150630195641-06ad41a06c4a
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.15.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.3.0
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.42.0
 	github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.9.0
 	github.com/safchain/ethtool v0.3.0
-	github.com/soundcloud/go-runit v0.0.0-20150630195641-06ad41a06c4a
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230213192124-5e25df0256eb
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.7.0
 	howett.net/plist v1.0.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9f159cea..8fb5d180 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.11.0 h1:+5Zbo97w3Lbmb3PeqQtpmTkMwsW5nRI3YaL
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.11.0/go.mod h1:E5dMC3VPuVvVHDYmi78qvhJp8+M586T4DlDRYpFkyec=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/prometheus-community/go-runit v0.0.0-20150630195641-06ad41a06c4a h1:RRMBdmAhAHoF+ZQYQSlH/yVSqOUZFHsfe92nRO1ycsA=
+github.com/prometheus-community/go-runit v0.0.0-20150630195641-06ad41a06c4a/go.mod h1:g+x8kfgGy197p0W98FEulT7GgCwkvkQ5Z6BoXtbQqE8=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.15.0 h1:5fCgGYogn0hFdhyhLbw7hEsWxufKtY9klyvdNfFlFhM=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.15.0/go.mod h1:e9yaBhRPU2pPNsZwE+JdQl0KEt1N9XgF6zxWmaC0xOk=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.3.0 h1:UBgGFHqYdG/TPFD1B1ogZywDqEkwp3fBMvqdiQ7Xew4=
@@ -102,8 +104,6 @@ github.com/safchain/ethtool v0.3.0 h1:gimQJpsI6sc1yIqP/y8GYgiXn/NjgvpM0RNoWLVVmP
 github.com/safchain/ethtool v0.3.0/go.mod h1:SA9BwrgyAqNo7M+uaL6IYbxpm5wk3L7Mm6ocLW+CJUs=
 github.com/siebenmann/go-kstat v0.0.0-20210513183136-173c9b0a9973 h1:GfSdC6wKfTGcgCS7BtzF5694Amne1pGCSTY252WhlEY=
 github.com/siebenmann/go-kstat v0.0.0-20210513183136-173c9b0a9973/go.mod h1:G81aIFAMS9ECrwBYR9YxhlPjWgrItd+Kje78O6+uqm8=
-github.com/soundcloud/go-runit v0.0.0-20150630195641-06ad41a06c4a h1:os5OBNhwOwybXZMNLqT96XqtjdTtwRFw2w08uluvNeI=
-github.com/soundcloud/go-runit v0.0.0-20150630195641-06ad41a06c4a/go.mod h1:LeFCbQYJ3KJlPs/FvPz2dy1tkpxyeNESVyCNNzRXFR0=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=