diff --git a/sysutils/alloy/Makefile b/sysutils/alloy/Makefile
index e9c0fb8f9208..83093da14489 100644
--- a/sysutils/alloy/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/alloy/Makefile
@@ -1,50 +1,42 @@
 PORTNAME=	alloy
-PORTVERSION=	1.2.1
+DISTVERSION=	1.6.1
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=v
-PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 
 MAINTAINER=	zach.leslie@grafana.com
 COMMENT=	OpenTelemetry Collector distribution with programmable pipelines
 WWW=		https://github.com/grafana/alloy
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	git:devel/git
 
-USES=		go:1.22,modules
+USES=		go:1.23,modules
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	grafana
 GH_PROJECT=	alloy
 
 USE_RC_SUBR=	alloy
 
 GO_MODULE=	github.com/${GH_ACCOUNT}/${GH_PROJECT}
 GO_PKGNAME=	github.com/${GH_ACCOUNT}/${GH_PROJECT}
 GO_TARGET=	github.com/${GH_ACCOUNT}/${GH_PROJECT}
 GO_BUILDFLAGS=	-ldflags='-X github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/build.Version=v${PORTVERSION}'
 
 post-fetch:
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "===> Fetching ${GO_MODNAME}/syntax dependency";
 	(cd ${DISTDIR}/${DIST_SUBDIR}; [ -e syntax/go.mod ] || (\
 		${MKDIR} syntax/; \
 		${TAR} -xzf ${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX} ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}/syntax/go.mod; \
 		${CP} ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}/syntax/go.mod syntax/go.mod))
-	@${ECHO_MSG} "===> Fetching ${GO_MODNAME}/internal/etc/datadogreceiver dependency";
-	(cd ${DISTDIR}/${DIST_SUBDIR}; [ -e internal/etc/datadogreceiver/go.mod ] || (\
-		${MKDIR} internal/etc/datadogreceiver/; \
-		${TAR} -xzf ${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX} ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}/internal/etc/datadogreceiver/go.mod; \
-		${CP} ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}/internal/etc/datadogreceiver/go.mod internal/etc/datadogreceiver/go.mod))
 
 post-extract:
 	${CP} -r ${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}/syntax ${GO_WRKSRC}/syntax;
-	${MKDIR} ${GO_WRKSRC}/internal/etc
-	${CP} -r ${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}/internal/etc/datadogreceiver ${GO_WRKSRC}/internal/etc/datadogreceiver;
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKDIR}/bin/alloy ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/alloy
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/example-config.alloy ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/alloy.flow.sample
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}/var/alloy
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/alloy/distinfo b/sysutils/alloy/distinfo
index 6278acf695b6..f5884d0a4166 100644
--- a/sysutils/alloy/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/alloy/distinfo
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1721834479
-SHA256 (go/sysutils_alloy/grafana-alloy-v1.2.1_GH0/v1.2.1.mod) = 0e1ede277cf22a522f7db2f23b72ba3645352da4d6b2f94c5b4ab3ace9587f3a
-SIZE (go/sysutils_alloy/grafana-alloy-v1.2.1_GH0/v1.2.1.mod) = 46460
-SHA256 (go/sysutils_alloy/grafana-alloy-v1.2.1_GH0/v1.2.1.zip) = 7c2fdc6b313ea663ba20c172ad8031fd50386c90502e21e6044054a4730e9a2d
-SIZE (go/sysutils_alloy/grafana-alloy-v1.2.1_GH0/v1.2.1.zip) = 18397697
-SHA256 (go/sysutils_alloy/grafana-alloy-v1.2.1_GH0/grafana-alloy-v1.2.1_GH0.tar.gz) = c1b43eb74e6585ca40e13a52d455b514d36a66921bc9a0c4f44a39c6b8ecaf58
-SIZE (go/sysutils_alloy/grafana-alloy-v1.2.1_GH0/grafana-alloy-v1.2.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 17027662
+TIMESTAMP = 1737710617
+SHA256 (go/sysutils_alloy/grafana-alloy-v1.6.1_GH0/v1.6.1.mod) = 141e1939b8547cfbe37fe46477986fae4469b3068cae3d1d554e4816e9d8cad1
+SIZE (go/sysutils_alloy/grafana-alloy-v1.6.1_GH0/v1.6.1.mod) = 57236
+SHA256 (go/sysutils_alloy/grafana-alloy-v1.6.1_GH0/v1.6.1.zip) = f849b37b5273f979ab79d63524b7e10495c074a86f775dacd304a7baf5cf9eb6
+SIZE (go/sysutils_alloy/grafana-alloy-v1.6.1_GH0/v1.6.1.zip) = 14115214
+SHA256 (go/sysutils_alloy/grafana-alloy-v1.6.1_GH0/grafana-alloy-v1.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 624586f0c25f646e9bd0ceb9f2fa5626bbbac98ea542db0c18d59e11c769f4b3
+SIZE (go/sysutils_alloy/grafana-alloy-v1.6.1_GH0/grafana-alloy-v1.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 12595150