diff --git a/services/backend/Gemfile b/services/backend/Gemfile
index b51eaa80..18f8eaa5 100644
--- a/services/backend/Gemfile
+++ b/services/backend/Gemfile
@@ -98,3 +98,4 @@ gem 'sassc', github: 'sass/sassc-ruby', group: :development
 
 # monitoring
 gem 'ddtrace', require: 'ddtrace/auto_instrument'
+gem 'dogstatsd-ruby', require: 'datadog/statsd'
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