diff --git a/.github/workflows/bsd.yml b/.github/workflows/bsd.yml
index 1156a3b4..09aa1b5c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bsd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bsd.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ env:
   GNU_TAR_VERSION: "1.35"
   GO_VERSION_DRAGONFLY: "1.23.3"
   GO_VERSION_FREEBSD: "123"
-  GO_VERSION_NETBSD: "123"
+  GO_VERSION_NETBSD: "1.23.3"
   GO_VERSION_OPENBSD: "1.23.1"
   GO_VERSION_SOLARIS: "1.23.3"
 
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ jobs:
             /usr/sbin/pkg_add \
               git \
               gmake \
-              go${GO_VERSION_NETBSD} \
               grep \
               gsed \
               gtar-base-${GNU_TAR_VERSION}\
@@ -141,7 +140,10 @@ jobs:
             echo "::group::Setup prerequisites"
             set -eu
             mkdir bin
-            ln -s $(which go${GO_VERSION_NETBSD}) $(pwd)/bin/go
+            GOGZ="go${GO_VERSION_NETBSD}.netbsd-amd64.tar.gz"
+            wget https://go.dev/dl/${GOGZ}
+            gtar xzf ${GOGZ}
+            ln -s $(pwd)/go/bin/go $(pwd)/bin/go
             ln -s $(which ggrep) $(pwd)/bin/grep
             ln -s $(which gmake) $(pwd)/bin/make
             ln -s $(which gsed) $(pwd)/bin/sed
@@ -187,7 +189,6 @@ jobs:
             echo "::group::Setup prerequisites"
             set -eu
             mkdir bin
-            export PATH=$(pwd)/bin:$PATH
             GOGZ="go${GO_VERSION_DRAGONFLY}.dragonfly-amd64.tar.gz"
             wget https://go.dev/dl/${GOGZ}
             gtar xzf ${GOGZ}
@@ -197,6 +198,7 @@ jobs:
             ln -s $(which gsed) $(pwd)/bin/sed
             ln -s $(which gtar) $(pwd)/bin/tar
             ln -s $(which python3) $(pwd)/bin/python
+            export PATH=$(pwd)/bin:$PATH
             echo "::endgroup::"
 
             echo "::group::Print environment information"
@@ -237,7 +239,6 @@ jobs:
             echo "::group::Setup prerequisites"
             set -eu
             mkdir bin
-            export PATH=$(pwd)/bin:$PATH
             GOGZ="go${GO_VERSION_SOLARIS}.solaris-amd64.tar.gz"
             wget https://go.dev/dl/${GOGZ}
             gtar xzf ${GOGZ}
@@ -246,6 +247,7 @@ jobs:
             ln -s $(which gmake) $(pwd)/bin/make
             ln -s $(which gsed) $(pwd)/bin/sed
             ln -s $(which gtar) $(pwd)/bin/tar
+            export PATH=$(pwd)/bin:$PATH
             
             echo ">> building promu as it is not shipped for Solaris"
             git clone https://github.com/prometheus/promu.git
diff --git a/collector/fixtures/e2e-output-darwin.txt b/collector/fixtures/e2e-output-darwin.txt
index 2197a9ef..77eb45cb 100644
--- a/collector/fixtures/e2e-output-darwin.txt
+++ b/collector/fixtures/e2e-output-darwin.txt
@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@ node_memory_total_bytes 7.516192768e+09
 # HELP node_network_noproto_total Network device statistic noproto.
 # TYPE node_network_noproto_total counter
 node_network_noproto_total{device="lo0"} 0
-# HELP node_network_receive_bytes_total Network device statistic receive_bytes.
-# TYPE node_network_receive_bytes_total counter
 # HELP node_network_receive_drop_total Network device statistic receive_drop.
 # TYPE node_network_receive_drop_total counter
 node_network_receive_drop_total{device="lo0"} 0
diff --git a/collector/fixtures/e2e-output-dragonfly.txt b/collector/fixtures/e2e-output-dragonfly.txt
index aef68e2a..b6a828ad 100644
--- a/collector/fixtures/e2e-output-dragonfly.txt
+++ b/collector/fixtures/e2e-output-dragonfly.txt
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ node_buddyinfo_blocks{node="0",size="9",zone="DMA32"} 0
 node_buddyinfo_blocks{node="0",size="9",zone="Normal"} 0
 # HELP node_exporter_build_info A metric with a constant '1' value labeled by version, revision, branch, goversion from which node_exporter was built, and the goos and goarch for the build.
 # TYPE node_exporter_build_info gauge
-# HELP node_network_receive_bytes_total Network device statistic receive_bytes.
-# TYPE node_network_receive_bytes_total counter
 # HELP node_network_receive_drop_total Network device statistic receive_drop.
 # TYPE node_network_receive_drop_total counter
 node_network_receive_drop_total{device="lo0"} 0
diff --git a/collector/fixtures/e2e-output-freebsd.txt b/collector/fixtures/e2e-output-freebsd.txt
index 82b388b5..e7b1dd50 100644
--- a/collector/fixtures/e2e-output-freebsd.txt
+++ b/collector/fixtures/e2e-output-freebsd.txt
@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@ node_netisr_maxthreads 1
 # HELP node_netisr_numthreads netisr current thread count
 # TYPE node_netisr_numthreads gauge
 node_netisr_numthreads 1
-# HELP node_network_receive_bytes_total Network device statistic receive_bytes.
-# TYPE node_network_receive_bytes_total counter
 # HELP node_network_receive_drop_total Network device statistic receive_drop.
 # TYPE node_network_receive_drop_total counter
 node_network_receive_drop_total{device="lo0"} 0
@@ -164,6 +162,7 @@ node_scrape_collector_success{collector="loadavg"} 1
 node_scrape_collector_success{collector="meminfo"} 1
 node_scrape_collector_success{collector="netdev"} 1
 node_scrape_collector_success{collector="netisr"} 1
+node_scrape_collector_success{collector="netstat"} 1
 node_scrape_collector_success{collector="os"} 1
 node_scrape_collector_success{collector="textfile"} 1
 node_scrape_collector_success{collector="time"} 1
diff --git a/collector/fixtures/e2e-output-openbsd.txt b/collector/fixtures/e2e-output-openbsd.txt
index 1afdad59..96d2109d 100644
--- a/collector/fixtures/e2e-output-openbsd.txt
+++ b/collector/fixtures/e2e-output-openbsd.txt
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ node_memory_swapped_out_pages_bytes_total 0
 # TYPE node_network_noproto_total counter
 node_network_noproto_total{device="lo0"} 0
 node_network_noproto_total{device="pflog0"} 0
-# HELP node_network_receive_bytes_total Network device statistic receive_bytes.
-# TYPE node_network_receive_bytes_total counter
 # HELP node_network_receive_drop_total Network device statistic receive_drop.
 # TYPE node_network_receive_drop_total counter
 node_network_receive_drop_total{device="lo0"} 0
diff --git a/end-to-end-test.sh b/end-to-end-test.sh
index 04cab1d8..944bdc0e 100755
--- a/end-to-end-test.sh
+++ b/end-to-end-test.sh
@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@ sleep 1
 
 get "127.0.0.1:${port}/metrics" | grep --text -E -v "${skip_re}" > "${generated_metrics}"
 
+# The following ignore-list is only applicable to the VMs used to run E2E tests on platforms for which containerized environments are not available.
+# However, owing to this, there are some non-deterministic metrics that end up generating samples, unlike their containerized counterparts, for e.g., node_network_receive_bytes_total. 
 non_deterministic_metrics=$(cat << METRICS
   node_boot_time_seconds
   node_cpu_frequency_hertz
@@ -356,6 +358,9 @@ non_deterministic_metrics=$(cat << METRICS
   node_memory_swapped_in_bytes_total
   node_memory_swapped_out_bytes_total
   node_memory_wired_bytes
+  node_netstat_tcp_receive_packets_total
+  node_netstat_tcp_transmit_packets_total
+  node_network_receive_bytes_total
   node_network_receive_multicast_total
   node_network_transmit_multicast_total
 METRICS