diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 03628f0..eb62afb 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ scalacOptions ++= Seq("-deprecation", "-feature")
 
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   "org.sangria-graphql" %% "sangria" % "2.1.0",
-  "io.dropwizard.metrics" % "metrics-core" % "4.1.17",
+  "io.dropwizard.metrics" % "metrics-core" % "4.1.18",
   "org.slf4j" % "slf4j-api" % "1.7.30",
   "io.opentracing.contrib" %% "opentracing-scala-concurrent" % "0.0.6",
   "io.opentracing" % "opentracing-mock" % "0.33.0" % Test,