diff --git a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
index 402a13f7c..d05b7021e 100644
--- a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
+++ b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
                 <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
-                <version>4.1.9</version>
+                <version>4.2.8</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>