diff --git a/src/main/features/base.json b/src/main/features/base.json
index 079f9f4c..c7bcc748 100644
--- a/src/main/features/base.json
+++ b/src/main/features/base.json
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
             "start-order":"5"
         },
         {
-            "id":"io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-core:3.2.6",
+            "id":"io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-core:4.2.21",
             "start-order":"5"
         },
         {