diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6ccf4b8..7d14ac1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
             <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
-            <version>4.1.12.1</version>
+            <version>4.2.8</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>