diff --git a/exporters/prometheus/go.mod b/exporters/prometheus/go.mod
index 1a9435920bf..8840b943976 100644
--- a/exporters/prometheus/go.mod
+++ b/exporters/prometheus/go.mod
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ module go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus
 
 go 1.23.0
 
+// v0.59.0 produces incorrect metric names when bracketed units are used.
+// https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/issues/7039
+retract v0.59.0
+
 require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.22.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2