diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ba54e6b..d52cb51 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
       <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.0</version>
+      <version>4.2.25</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.dropwizard.metrics/metrics-jvm -->
     <dependency>