diff --git a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
index f019d6790..2f0999db4 100644
--- a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
+++ b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
                 <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
-                <version>4.2.20</version>
+                <version>4.2.21</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>