diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7db0b3a95..e2468f891 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
             <artifactId>metrics-servlets</artifactId>
-            <version>${metrics.version}</version>
+            <version>4.2.12</version>
         </dependency>