diff --git a/NOTICE.txt b/NOTICE.txt
index cf081d6a4dc..7ec89254682 100644
--- a/NOTICE.txt
+++ b/NOTICE.txt
@@ -1490,11 +1490,19 @@ Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-l
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dependency : github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 Version: v0.10.4
 Licence type (autodetected): Apache-2.0
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics@v0.10.4/LICENSE.txt:
+=======
+Version: v0.11.0
+Licence type (autodetected): Apache-2.0
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics@v0.11.0/LICENSE.txt:
+>>>>>>> a1fd2c9d9a ([pkg][fix] - Filter non-fatal errors and update go.mod (#5196))
 
                                  Apache License
                            Version 2.0, January 2004
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a64475f8208..6635d09e4b1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-autodiscover v0.8.1
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-client/v7 v7.14.0
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.9.15
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.10.4
+=======
+	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.11.0
+>>>>>>> a1fd2c9d9a ([pkg][fix] - Filter non-fatal errors and update go.mod (#5196))
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8 v8.6.0
 	github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8 v8.14.0
 	github.com/elastic/go-licenser v0.4.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e959fee5ea6..f48a923ed71 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -161,8 +161,13 @@ github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-client/v7 v7.14.0 h1:X6S2RyjZNKsDCvA2igch2I5dgH
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-client/v7 v7.14.0/go.mod h1:6h+f9QdIr3GO2ODC0Y8+aEXRwzbA5W4eV4dd/67z7nI=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.9.15 h1:WCLtuErafUxczT/rXJa4Vr6mxwC8dgtqMbEq+qWGD4M=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.9.15/go.mod h1:2VgYxHaeM+cCDBjiS2wbmTvzPGbnlXAtYrlcLefheS8=
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.10.4 h1:Tmb1rPRDyVv9M453YlPyl/gwUm9s4nSiI2xH76GGEz4=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.10.4/go.mod h1:cd7YgcTEjBNeLGnH/C9cEvP/YexohwS6CpmN9Ju58Mw=
+=======
+github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.11.0 h1:/bWrgTsHZWLUhdT7WPNuQDFkrSfm+A4qf6QDQnZo9d8=
+github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.11.0/go.mod h1:3QiMu9wTKJFvpCN+5klgGqasTMNKJbgY3xcoN1KQXJk=
+>>>>>>> a1fd2c9d9a ([pkg][fix] - Filter non-fatal errors and update go.mod (#5196))
 github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8 v8.6.0 h1:Y2S/FBjx1LlCv5m6pWAF2kDJAHoSjSRSJCApolgfthA=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8 v8.6.0/go.mod h1:YLHer5cj0csTzNFXoNQ8qhtGY1GTvSqPnKWKaqQE3Hk=
 github.com/elastic/go-docappender/v2 v2.2.0 h1:Pq6w+R0ZbWlqZHoqzoujR2ElKBfaPUf3M/cJvPVSrfA=
diff --git a/pkg/testing/fixture_install.go b/pkg/testing/fixture_install.go
index 029dafb3bb1..10e753eb27d 100644
--- a/pkg/testing/fixture_install.go
+++ b/pkg/testing/fixture_install.go
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ func getProcesses(t *gotesting.T, regex string) []runningProcess {
 	}
 
 	_, pids, err := procStats.FetchPids()
-	if !assert.NoError(t, err, "error fetching process information") {
+	if err != nil && assert.Truef(t, errors.Is(err, agentsystemprocess.NonFatalErr{}), "error fetching process information: %v", err) {
 		// we failed a bit further
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/utils/watcher.go b/pkg/utils/watcher.go
index fa018b704b3..25ffdcbe3a3 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/watcher.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/watcher.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package utils
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ func GetWatcherPIDs() ([]int, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize process.Stats: %w", err)
 	}
 	pidMap, _, err := procStats.FetchPids()
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, process.NonFatalErr{}) {
+		// return only if the error is fatal in nature
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch pids: %w", err)
 	}
 	var pids []int