diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 36d7ecbd514..96c1b833e8d 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ object Dependencies {
       val dockerClient = "com.spotify" % "docker-client" % "8.16.0" % "test" // ApacheV2
 
       // metrics, measurements, perf testing
-      val metrics = "io.dropwizard.metrics" % "metrics-core" % "4.1.17" % "test" // ApacheV2
-      val metricsJvm = "io.dropwizard.metrics" % "metrics-jvm" % "4.1.17" % "test" // ApacheV2
+      val metrics = "io.dropwizard.metrics" % "metrics-core" % "4.1.21" % "test" // ApacheV2
+      val metricsJvm = "io.dropwizard.metrics" % "metrics-jvm" % "4.1.21" % "test" // ApacheV2
       val latencyUtils = "org.latencyutils" % "LatencyUtils" % "2.0.3" % "test" // Free BSD
       val hdrHistogram = "org.hdrhistogram" % "HdrHistogram" % "2.1.12" % "test" // CC0
       val metricsAll = Seq(metrics, metricsJvm, latencyUtils, hdrHistogram)