diff --git a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
index e1fe8f763..ee85cc542 100644
--- a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
+++ b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
                 <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
-                <version>4.2.12</version>
+                <version>4.2.13</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>