diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 463c6ecf..802555a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ### New Features
 ### Bug Fixes
+* Remove explicit version on `micrometer-registry-prometheus` dependency. (#563)
 ### Quality
 ### Dependency Upgrades
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index eba2c6fb..21d6b46e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ dependencies {
     // graylog
     implementation 'biz.paluch.logging:logstash-gelf:1.5.1'
 
-    implementation 'io.micrometer:micrometer-registry-prometheus:1.8.1'
+    // observability
+    runtimeOnly 'io.micrometer:micrometer-registry-prometheus'
 
     // mongock
     implementation "com.github.cloudyrock.mongock:mongock-spring-v5:${mongockVersion}"