diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6a22dee..6b60ec4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
             <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.3</version>
+            <version>4.2.3</version>
         </dependency>