diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fd98e74762..3405c3f6e2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
         <sysout-over-slf4j.version>1.0.2</sysout-over-slf4j.version>
         <log4j.version>2.26.1</log4j.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.18</slf4j.version>
-        <metrics.version>4.2.39</metrics.version>
+        <metrics.version>4.2.40</metrics.version>
         <mockito.version>5.23.0</mockito.version>
         <zookeeper.version>3.9.5</zookeeper.version>
         <snappy.version>1.1.10.8</snappy.version>