diff --git a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
index 5d1e3e76a..adf9d8599 100644
--- a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
+++ b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
                 <artifactId>metrics-graphite</artifactId>
-                <version>4.2.10</version>
+                <version>4.2.12</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>