diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 09994b527d0..5657755b38d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <config.version>1.3.4</config.version>
     <hdrhistogram.version>2.1.11</hdrhistogram.version>
-    <metrics.version>4.1.8</metrics.version>
+    <metrics.version>4.2.17</metrics.version>
     <netty.version>4.1.60.Final</netty.version>
     <esri.version>1.2.1</esri.version>
     <tinkerpop.version>3.4.10</tinkerpop.version>