diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 2d7c23153e..3de5c1a9f6 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ object Dependencies {
         "com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype" % "jackson-datatype-guava" % jacksonCoreVersion % Test)
 
       // metrics, measurements, perf testing
-      val metrics = "io.dropwizard.metrics" % "metrics-core" % "4.2.26" % Test
-      val metricsJvm = "io.dropwizard.metrics" % "metrics-jvm" % "4.2.26" % Test
+      val metrics = "io.dropwizard.metrics" % "metrics-core" % "4.2.27" % Test
+      val metricsJvm = "io.dropwizard.metrics" % "metrics-jvm" % "4.2.27" % Test
       val latencyUtils = "org.latencyutils" % "LatencyUtils" % "2.0.3" % Test
       val hdrHistogram = "org.hdrhistogram" % "HdrHistogram" % "2.2.2" % Test
       val metricsAll = Seq(metrics, metricsJvm, latencyUtils, hdrHistogram)