diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dc9a89c..8e824b1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-
         <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/wire/lithium/server/monitoring/StatusCheckFilter.java b/src/main/java/com/wire/lithium/server/monitoring/StatusCheckFilter.java
index 60813f5..f9be29c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/wire/lithium/server/monitoring/StatusCheckFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/wire/lithium/server/monitoring/StatusCheckFilter.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 public class StatusCheckFilter implements FilterFactory<IAccessEvent> {
     @Override
     public Filter<IAccessEvent> build() {
-        return new Filter<IAccessEvent>() {
+        return new Filter<>() {
             @Override
             public FilterReply decide(IAccessEvent event) {
                 if (event.getRequestURI().contains("/status")) {
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ public FilterReply decide(IAccessEvent event) {
                 if (event.getRequestURI().contains("/swagger")) {
                     return FilterReply.DENY;
                 }
+                if (event.getRequestURI().contains("/metrics")) {
+                    return FilterReply.DENY;
+                }
                 return FilterReply.NEUTRAL;
             }
         };