diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b83f9dd1..f8649199 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
       <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
-      <version>4.2.16</version>
+      <version>4.2.17</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>