diff --git a/drkafka/pom.xml b/drkafka/pom.xml
index 44f73986..e4bdad8c 100644
--- a/drkafka/pom.xml
+++ b/drkafka/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
 			<artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
-			<version>3.2.3</version>
+			<version>4.0.5</version>
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
 					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>