diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6ac72ef12..d01cabe47 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 - [#1195](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1195): Docker panic on timeout. Thanks @zstyblik!
 - [#1211](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1211): mongodb input. Fix possible panic. Thanks @kols!
+- [#1215](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1215): Fix for possible gopsutil-dependent plugin hangs.
 - [#1228](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1228): Fix service plugin host tag overwrite.
 - [#1198](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1198): http_response: override request Host header properly
 
diff --git a/Godeps b/Godeps
index 59c09d514..42c499fc7 100644
--- a/Godeps
+++ b/Godeps
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ github.com/prometheus/client_model fa8ad6fec33561be4280a8f0514318c79d7f6cb6
 github.com/prometheus/common e8eabff8812b05acf522b45fdcd725a785188e37
 github.com/prometheus/procfs 406e5b7bfd8201a36e2bb5f7bdae0b03380c2ce8
 github.com/samuel/go-zookeeper 218e9c81c0dd8b3b18172b2bbfad92cc7d6db55f
-github.com/shirou/gopsutil bae75faa5ad1212d3e80f11f5e9cd147c6be9198
+github.com/shirou/gopsutil 83c6e72cbdef6e8ada934549abf700ff0ba96776
 github.com/soniah/gosnmp b1b4f885b12c5dcbd021c5cee1c904110de6db7d
 github.com/streadway/amqp b4f3ceab0337f013208d31348b578d83c0064744
 github.com/stretchr/testify 1f4a1643a57e798696635ea4c126e9127adb7d3c