diff --git a/cgroup_exporter.go b/cgroup_exporter.go
index 023da67..2ee9687 100644
--- a/cgroup_exporter.go
+++ b/cgroup_exporter.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-kit/log"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	versionCollector "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/collectors/version"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/promlog"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/promlog/flag"
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ func metricsHandler(logger log.Logger) http.HandlerFunc {
 		}
 		cgroupCollector := collector.NewCgroupCollector(cgroupV2, paths, logger)
 		registry.MustRegister(cgroupCollector)
-		registry.MustRegister(version.NewCollector(fmt.Sprintf("%s_exporter", collector.Namespace)))
+		registry.MustRegister(versionCollector.NewCollector(fmt.Sprintf("%s_exporter", collector.Namespace)))
 
 		gatherers := prometheus.Gatherers{registry}
 		if !*disableExporterMetrics {
diff --git a/collector/cgroupv2.go b/collector/cgroupv2.go
index 0dded5c..61ede66 100644
--- a/collector/cgroupv2.go
+++ b/collector/cgroupv2.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func getInfov2(name string, pids []int, metric *CgroupMetric, logger log.Logger)
 		}
 		// effective UID
 		uid := procStat.UIDs[1]
-		metric.uid = uid
+		metric.uid = strconv.FormatUint(uid, 10)
 		user, err := user.LookupId(metric.uid)
 		if err != nil {
 			level.Error(logger).Log("msg", "Error looking up slurm uid", "uid", metric.uid, "err", err)