diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 27bda008..71478bd4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.prometheus</groupId>
       <artifactId>simpleclient_servlet</artifactId>
-      <version>0.0.21</version>
+      <version>0.16.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>