diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 09aba54..0668a7f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     </distributionManagement>
 
     <properties>
-        <io.dropwizard.metrics5.version>5.0.0-rc16</io.dropwizard.metrics5.version>
+        <io.dropwizard.metrics5.version>5.0.0-rc18</io.dropwizard.metrics5.version>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
     </properties>