diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 324b54defc..8b42752acd 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ object Dependencies {
       }
 
       // metrics, measurements, perf testing
-      val metrics = "io.dropwizard.metrics" % "metrics-core" % "4.2.10" % Test
-      val metricsJvm = "io.dropwizard.metrics" % "metrics-jvm" % "4.2.10" % Test
+      val metrics = "io.dropwizard.metrics" % "metrics-core" % "4.2.21" % Test
+      val metricsJvm = "io.dropwizard.metrics" % "metrics-jvm" % "4.2.21" % Test
       val latencyUtils = "org.latencyutils" % "LatencyUtils" % "2.0.3" % Test
       val hdrHistogram = "org.hdrhistogram" % "HdrHistogram" % "2.1.12" % Test
       val metricsAll = Seq(metrics, metricsJvm, latencyUtils, hdrHistogram)