diff --git a/extensions-contrib/graphite-emitter/pom.xml b/extensions-contrib/graphite-emitter/pom.xml
index 1f4eb14505cc..cb6712b9d27d 100644
--- a/extensions-contrib/graphite-emitter/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions-contrib/graphite-emitter/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
       <artifactId>metrics-graphite</artifactId>
-      <version>3.1.2</version>
+      <version>${dropwizard.metrics.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>