diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7198f5a58c7..7e9dc3cf64e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 		<hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>
 		<hibernate-validator.version>8.0.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
 		<httpunit.version>1.7.3</httpunit.version>
-		<metrics.version>4.2.20</metrics.version>
+		<metrics.version>4.2.21</metrics.version>
 		<mockito.version>5.6.0</mockito.version>
 		<objenesis.version>3.3</objenesis.version>
 		<openjson.version>1.0.13</openjson.version>