diff --git a/metrics-jcache/pom.xml b/metrics-jcache/pom.xml
index 6a10bb2928..8d53edb7b0 100644
--- a/metrics-jcache/pom.xml
+++ b/metrics-jcache/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <properties>
         <javaModuleName>io.dropwizard.metrics5.jcache</javaModuleName>
         <cache-api.version>1.1.1</cache-api.version>
-        <ehcache3.version>3.11.1</ehcache3.version>
+        <ehcache3.version>3.12.0</ehcache3.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>