diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index cd52eae700..bf6a4d567d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ dependencies {
     runtimeOnly 'com.google.j2objc:j2objc-annotations:2.8'
     runtimeOnly 'com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2'
     runtimeOnly 'org.lz4:lz4-java:1.8.0'
-    runtimeOnly 'io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-core:4.2.19'
+    runtimeOnly 'io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-core:4.2.21'
     runtimeOnly 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.36'
     runtimeOnly "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:${versions.log4j}"
     runtimeOnly 'org.xerial.snappy:snappy-java:1.1.10.5'