diff --git a/otelcolbuilder/.otelcol-builder.yaml b/otelcolbuilder/.otelcol-builder.yaml
index b9f310c7f0..43dedd0611 100644
--- a/otelcolbuilder/.otelcol-builder.yaml
+++ b/otelcolbuilder/.otelcol-builder.yaml
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ excludes:
 replaces:
   # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   # Needed for telegrafreceiver
-  - github.com/influxdata/telegraf => github.com/SumoLogic/telegraf v1.24.3-sumo-5
+  - github.com/influxdata/telegraf => github.com/SumoLogic/telegraf v1.28.3-sumo-3
 
   # Some of the upstream packages have this replaced
   # See https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pull/16423
diff --git a/pkg/receiver/telegrafreceiver/factory.go b/pkg/receiver/telegrafreceiver/factory.go
index 7e659d44ce..c187ba1e0b 100644
--- a/pkg/receiver/telegrafreceiver/factory.go
+++ b/pkg/receiver/telegrafreceiver/factory.go
@@ -70,10 +70,7 @@ func createMetricsReceiver(
 	if err := tConfig.LoadConfigData([]byte(tCfg.AgentConfig)); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed loading telegraf agent config: %w", err)
 	}
-	tAgent, err := telegrafagent.NewAgent(tConfig)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed creating telegraf agent: %w", err)
-	}
+	tAgent := telegrafagent.NewAgent(tConfig)
 
 	return &telegrafreceiver{
 		agent:             tAgent,