diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 08091f0..54e37b6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         <maven-source.version>3.2.1</maven-source.version>
         <maven-surefire.version>3.0.0-M5</maven-surefire.version>
         <maven-war.version>3.3.0</maven-war.version>
-        <metrics-annotation.version>4.2.4</metrics-annotation.version> <!-- use version dropwizard uses -->
+        <metrics-annotation.version>4.2.9</metrics-annotation.version> <!-- use version dropwizard uses -->
         <mockito.version>3.12.4</mockito.version>
         <reflections.version>0.10.1</reflections.version> <!-- 0.9.11 leads to ReflectionsExceptions -->
         <servlet-api.version>4.0.0-b01</servlet-api.version>