diff --git oak-parent/pom.xml oak-parent/pom.xml
index 13a02cbb22..85fc3c4dc7 100644
--- oak-parent/pom.xml
+++ oak-parent/pom.xml
@@ -619,6 +619,11 @@
         <artifactId>jopt-simple</artifactId>
         <version>5.0.3</version>
       </dependency>
+	<dependency>
+		<groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
+		<artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
+		<version>3.1.0</version>
+	</dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
diff --git oak-segment-tar/pom.xml oak-segment-tar/pom.xml
index 2893004eb0..2171b4dcb7 100644
--- oak-segment-tar/pom.xml
+++ oak-segment-tar/pom.xml
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
             <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.1.0</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
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