diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f56b9b961eb..28fce5cf60b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ replace github.com/gogo/protobuf => github.com/regen-network/protobuf v1.3.3-alp
 
 require (
 	cosmossdk.io/math v1.0.0-beta.2
-	github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.3.11
+	github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.4.0
 	github.com/confio/ics23/go v0.7.0
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto v1.0.0-alpha7
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.46.0-rc1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9fb8957185b..c2728ed36ad 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ github.com/armon/consul-api v0.0.0-20180202201655-eb2c6b5be1b6/go.mod h1:grANhF5
 github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.0.0-20180917152333-f0300d1749da/go.mod h1:Q73ZrmVTwzkszR9V5SSuryQ31EELlFMUz1kKyl939pY=
 github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.3.9/go.mod h1:4O98XIr/9W0sxpJ8UaYkvjk10Iff7SnFrb4QAOwNTFc=
 github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.3.10/go.mod h1:4O98XIr/9W0sxpJ8UaYkvjk10Iff7SnFrb4QAOwNTFc=
-github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.3.11 h1:/q4zqTAH+/mtFjimfc0SC7yuuxZshlS4TaCeBm+7sZ0=
-github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.3.11/go.mod h1:4O98XIr/9W0sxpJ8UaYkvjk10Iff7SnFrb4QAOwNTFc=
+github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.4.0 h1:yCQqn7dwca4ITXb+CbubHmedzaQYHhNhrEXLYUeEe8Q=
+github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.4.0/go.mod h1:E6amYzXo6aW1tqzoZGT755KkbgrJsSdpwZ+3JqfkOG4=
 github.com/armon/go-radix v0.0.0-20180808171621-7fddfc383310/go.mod h1:ufUuZ+zHj4x4TnLV4JWEpy2hxWSpsRywHrMgIH9cCH8=
 github.com/armon/go-radix v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ufUuZ+zHj4x4TnLV4JWEpy2hxWSpsRywHrMgIH9cCH8=
 github.com/aryann/difflib v0.0.0-20170710044230-e206f873d14a/go.mod h1:DAHtR1m6lCRdSC2Tm3DSWRPvIPr6xNKyeHdqDQSQT+A=