diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b37021c91a..d7c160b3f0 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ allprojects {
 
     tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
         options.encoding = 'UTF-8'
+        // note: the following is not working
+        options.compilerArgs << '-parameters'
     }
 }
 
@@ -357,8 +359,8 @@ project(":grobid-service") {
         implementation 'io.dropwizard:dropwizard-forms:4.0.0'
         implementation 'io.dropwizard:dropwizard-client:4.0.0'
         implementation 'io.dropwizard:dropwizard-auth:4.0.0'
-        implementation 'io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-core:4.2.19'
-        implementation 'io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-servlets:4.2.19'
+        implementation 'io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-core:4.2.22'
+        implementation 'io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-servlets:4.2.22'
         
         implementation "org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox:2.0.3"
         implementation "javax.activation:activation:1.1.1"