diff --git a/conanfile.txt b/conanfile.txt
index 28508a1..b360418 100644
--- a/conanfile.txt
+++ b/conanfile.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 [requires]
   # prometheus-cpp 1.1.0 cannot be used because it supports only C++14 onward; however the compiler shipping with Centos7
   # supports at most the C++11 dialect... so till we want to support Centos7, we need to stick with prometheus-cpp 1.0.0
-  prometheus-cpp/1.0.0@
+  prometheus-cpp/1.2.4@
 
 [options]
   # by using shared=False we create a cmonitor_collector binary that is self-contained