diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b7f4b01fa93..80c3849a6b4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ replace (
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl => github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.1-0.20201016140508-a07e7d50bbee
 )
 
+// Pin dependency with additional logs and defensive code to workaround panic
+// described in https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/15861.
+replace github.com/armon/go-metrics => github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.0.0-20230509193637-d9ca9af9f1f9
+
 // Nomad is built using the current source of the API module
 replace github.com/hashicorp/nomad/api => ./api
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1c69521793f..79d62c32747 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.0.0 h1:dtDWrepsVPfW9H/4y7dDgFc2MBUSeJhlaDtK13CxFlU=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:CxXYINrC8qIiEnFrOxCa7Jy5BFHlXnUU2pbicEuybxQ=
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
-github.com/DataDog/datadog-go v2.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:LButxg5PwREeZtORoXG3tL4fMGNddJ+vMq1mwgfaqoQ=
 github.com/DataDog/datadog-go v3.2.0+incompatible h1:qSG2N4FghB1He/r2mFrWKCaL7dXCilEuNEeAn20fdD4=
 github.com/DataDog/datadog-go v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:LButxg5PwREeZtORoXG3tL4fMGNddJ+vMq1mwgfaqoQ=
 github.com/LK4D4/joincontext v0.0.0-20171026170139-1724345da6d5 h1:U7q69tqXiCf6m097GRlNQB0/6SI1qWIOHYHhCEvDxF4=
@@ -293,12 +292,8 @@ github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v13 v13.0.0/go.mod h1:ZK2fH7c4NqDTLtiYLvIkE
 github.com/armon/circbuf v0.0.0-20150827004946-bbbad097214e h1:QEF07wC0T1rKkctt1RINW/+RMTVmiwxETico2l3gxJA=
 github.com/armon/circbuf v0.0.0-20150827004946-bbbad097214e/go.mod h1:3U/XgcO3hCbHZ8TKRvWD2dDTCfh9M9ya+I9JpbB7O8o=
 github.com/armon/consul-api v0.0.0-20180202201655-eb2c6b5be1b6/go.mod h1:grANhF5doyWs3UAsr3K4I6qtAmlQcZDesFNEHPZAzj8=
-github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.0.0-20180917152333-f0300d1749da/go.mod h1:Q73ZrmVTwzkszR9V5SSuryQ31EELlFMUz1kKyl939pY=
-github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.0.0-20190430140413-ec5e00d3c878/go.mod h1:3AMJUQhVx52RsWOnlkpikZr01T/yAVN2gn0861vByNg=
-github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.3.4/go.mod h1:4O98XIr/9W0sxpJ8UaYkvjk10Iff7SnFrb4QAOwNTFc=
-github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.3.9/go.mod h1:4O98XIr/9W0sxpJ8UaYkvjk10Iff7SnFrb4QAOwNTFc=
-github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.4.1 h1:hR91U9KYmb6bLBYLQjyM+3j+rcd/UhE+G78SFnF8gJA=
-github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.4.1/go.mod h1:E6amYzXo6aW1tqzoZGT755KkbgrJsSdpwZ+3JqfkOG4=
+github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.0.0-20230509193637-d9ca9af9f1f9 h1:51N4T44k8crLrlHy1zgBKGdYKjzjquaXw/RPbq/bH+o=
+github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.0.0-20230509193637-d9ca9af9f1f9/go.mod h1:E6amYzXo6aW1tqzoZGT755KkbgrJsSdpwZ+3JqfkOG4=
 github.com/armon/go-radix v0.0.0-20180808171621-7fddfc383310/go.mod h1:ufUuZ+zHj4x4TnLV4JWEpy2hxWSpsRywHrMgIH9cCH8=
 github.com/armon/go-radix v1.0.0 h1:F4z6KzEeeQIMeLFa97iZU6vupzoecKdU5TX24SNppXI=
 github.com/armon/go-radix v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ufUuZ+zHj4x4TnLV4JWEpy2hxWSpsRywHrMgIH9cCH8=
@@ -1255,7 +1250,6 @@ github.com/power-devops/perfstat v0.0.0-20210106213030-5aafc221ea8c/go.mod h1:Om
 github.com/pquerna/cachecontrol v0.0.0-20171018203845-0dec1b30a021/go.mod h1:prYjPmNq4d1NPVmpShWobRqXY3q7Vp+80DqgxxUrUIA=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.0.0-20180209125602-c332b6f63c06/go.mod h1:7SWBe2y4D6OKWSNQJUaRYU/AaXPKyh/dDVn+NZz0KFw=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.1/go.mod h1:7SWBe2y4D6OKWSNQJUaRYU/AaXPKyh/dDVn+NZz0KFw=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.2/go.mod h1:OsXs2jCmiKlQ1lTBmv21f2mNfw4xf/QclQDMrYNZzcM=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.3/go.mod h1:/TN21ttK/J9q6uSwhBd54HahCDft0ttaMvbicHlPoso=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.0.0/go.mod h1:db9x61etRT2tGnBNRi70OPL5FsnadC4Ky3P0J6CfImo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.1.0/go.mod h1:I1FGZT9+L76gKKOs5djB6ezCbFQP1xR9D75/vuwEF3g=
@@ -1273,7 +1267,6 @@ github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0 h1:uq5h0d+GuxiXLJLNABMgp2qUWDPiLvgCzz2
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.0.0-20180110214958-89604d197083/go.mod h1:daVV7qP5qjZbuso7PdcryaAu0sAZbrN9i7WWcTMWvro=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.0.0-20181113130724-41aa239b4cce/go.mod h1:daVV7qP5qjZbuso7PdcryaAu0sAZbrN9i7WWcTMWvro=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.0.0-20181126121408-4724e9255275/go.mod h1:daVV7qP5qjZbuso7PdcryaAu0sAZbrN9i7WWcTMWvro=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.4.0/go.mod h1:TNfzLD0ON7rHzMJeJkieUDPYmFC7Snx/y86RQel1bk4=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.4.1/go.mod h1:TNfzLD0ON7rHzMJeJkieUDPYmFC7Snx/y86RQel1bk4=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.6.0/go.mod h1:eBmuwkDJBwy6iBfxCBob6t6dR6ENT/y+J+Zk0j9GMYc=
@@ -1285,7 +1278,6 @@ github.com/prometheus/common v0.37.0 h1:ccBbHCgIiT9uSoFY0vX8H3zsNR5eLt17/RQLUvn8
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.37.0/go.mod h1:phzohg0JFMnBEFGxTDbfu3QyL5GI8gTQJFhYO5B3mfA=
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 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.0-20181005140218-185b4288413d/go.mod h1:c3At6R/oaqEKCNdg8wHV1ftS6bRYblBhIjjI8uT2IGk=
-github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.0-20181204211112-1dc9a6cbc91a/go.mod h1:c3At6R/oaqEKCNdg8wHV1ftS6bRYblBhIjjI8uT2IGk=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.0-20190507164030-5867b95ac084/go.mod h1:TjEm7ze935MbeOT/UhFTIMYKhuLP4wbCsTZCD3I8kEA=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.0-20190522114515-bc1a522cf7b1/go.mod h1:TjEm7ze935MbeOT/UhFTIMYKhuLP4wbCsTZCD3I8kEA=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.2/go.mod h1:TjEm7ze935MbeOT/UhFTIMYKhuLP4wbCsTZCD3I8kEA=