diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 27bda008..f702daf6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.prometheus</groupId>
       <artifactId>simpleclient</artifactId>
-      <version>0.0.21</version>
+      <version>0.16.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.prometheus</groupId>