diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 47f5a0a34..4633af790 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
                          [commons-codec "1.20.0"]
                          [commons-io "2.21.0"]
                          [grimradical/clj-semver "0.3.0" :exclusions [org.clojure/clojure]]
-                         [io.dropwizard.metrics/metrics-core "3.2.6"]
+                         [io.dropwizard.metrics/metrics-core "4.2.38"]
                          [lambdaisland/uri "1.19.155"]
                          [liberator "0.15.3"]
                          [net.logstash.logback/logstash-logback-encoder "7.4"]