diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b11af51..19002da 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5851,15 +5851,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "prometheus"
-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "0.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c8425533e7122f0c3cc7a37e6244b16ad3a2cc32ae7ac6276e2a75da0d9c200d"
+checksum = "5986aa8d62380092d2f50f8b1cdba9cb9b6731ffd4b25b51fd126b6c3e05b99c"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
  "fnv",
  "lazy_static",
+ "memchr",
  "parking_lot 0.11.1",
- "regex",
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
diff --git a/primitives/utils/Cargo.toml b/primitives/utils/Cargo.toml
index 7669cee..4e06304 100644
--- a/primitives/utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/primitives/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 futures = "0.3.9"
 futures-core = "0.3.4"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-prometheus = { version = "0.11.0", default-features = false }
+prometheus = { version = "0.12.0", default-features = false }
 futures-timer = "3.0.2"
 
 [features]
diff --git a/utils/prometheus/Cargo.toml b/utils/prometheus/Cargo.toml
index a7f90e8..7b527e8 100644
--- a/utils/prometheus/Cargo.toml
+++ b/utils/prometheus/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
 
 [dependencies]
 log = "0.4.8"
-prometheus = { version = "0.11.0", default-features = false }
+prometheus = { version = "0.12.0", default-features = false }
 futures-util = { version = "0.3.1", default-features = false, features = ["io"] }
 derive_more = "0.99"