diff --git a/lib/metrics.js b/lib/metrics.js
index 9b7e3a5033..f88b13dc28 100644
--- a/lib/metrics.js
+++ b/lib/metrics.js
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ exports.startMonitoring = (enable, eventBus) => {
     }
 
     const client = require('prom-client');
+    const gcStats = require('prometheus-gc-stats');
 
     client.collectDefaultMetrics();
+    gcStats()();
 
     const requestDuration = new client.Summary({
         name: 'http_request_duration_milliseconds',
diff --git a/lib/metrics.test.js b/lib/metrics.test.js
index 2918035c21..729984805f 100644
--- a/lib/metrics.test.js
+++ b/lib/metrics.test.js
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ test('should collect metrics for requests', t => {
     const metrics = prometheusRegister.metrics();
     t.regex(
         metrics,
-        /http_request_duration_milliseconds{quantile="0.99",status="200",method="GET",path="somePath"} 1337/
+        /http_request_duration_milliseconds{quantile="0\.99",path="somePath",method="GET",status="200"} 1337/
     );
 });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1eaba04ee9..76989de5ec 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@
     "moment": "^2.15.2",
     "parse-database-url": "^0.3.0",
     "pg": "^6.4.2",
-    "prom-client": "^9.1.1",
+    "prom-client": "^10.0.4",
+    "prometheus-gc-stats": "^0.5.0",
     "response-time": "^2.3.2",
     "serve-favicon": "^2.3.0",
     "unleash-frontend": "^3.0.0-alpha.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5ff96e8a9b..5e17ee737f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1974,6 +1974,13 @@ gauge@~2.7.3:
     strip-ansi "^3.0.1"
     wide-align "^1.1.0"
 
+gc-stats@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/gc-stats/-/gc-stats-1.0.2.tgz#4d9ec98441e19888205452062ad6da30c9876e11"
+  dependencies:
+    nan "^2.6.2"
+    node-pre-gyp "^0.6.36"
+
 generate-function@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/generate-function/-/generate-function-2.0.0.tgz#6858fe7c0969b7d4e9093337647ac79f60dfbe74"
@@ -3172,7 +3179,7 @@ mute-stream@0.0.7, mute-stream@~0.0.4:
   version "0.0.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mute-stream/-/mute-stream-0.0.7.tgz#3075ce93bc21b8fab43e1bc4da7e8115ed1e7bab"
 
-nan@^2.3.0:
+nan@^2.3.0, nan@^2.6.2:
   version "2.6.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nan/-/nan-2.6.2.tgz#e4ff34e6c95fdfb5aecc08de6596f43605a7db45"
 
@@ -3371,6 +3378,10 @@ option-chain@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/option-chain/-/option-chain-1.0.0.tgz#938d73bd4e1783f948d34023644ada23669e30f2"
 
+optional@^0.1.3:
+  version "0.1.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/optional/-/optional-0.1.4.tgz#cdb1a9bedc737d2025f690ceeb50e049444fd5b3"
+
 optionator@^0.8.2:
   version "0.8.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/optionator/-/optionator-0.8.2.tgz#364c5e409d3f4d6301d6c0b4c05bba50180aeb64"
@@ -3732,12 +3743,19 @@ progress@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/progress/-/progress-2.0.0.tgz#8a1be366bf8fc23db2bd23f10c6fe920b4389d1f"
 
-prom-client@^9.1.1:
-  version "9.1.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/prom-client/-/prom-client-9.1.1.tgz#9588f1681a0869616c7de916ad33ae8f1e03fc10"
+prom-client@^10.0.4:
+  version "10.0.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/prom-client/-/prom-client-10.0.4.tgz#c256473acafc65155009323721123490073d3173"
   dependencies:
     tdigest "^0.1.1"
-    util-extend "^1.0.1"
+
+prometheus-gc-stats@^0.5.0:
+  version "0.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/prometheus-gc-stats/-/prometheus-gc-stats-0.5.0.tgz#dce41ab205f1d7909f9ea605d85618126404a789"
+  dependencies:
+    optional "^0.1.3"
+  optionalDependencies:
+    gc-stats "^1.0.0"
 
 promise@^7.1.1:
   version "7.3.1"
@@ -4919,10 +4937,6 @@ util-deprecate@~1.0.1:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/util-deprecate/-/util-deprecate-1.0.2.tgz#450d4dc9fa70de732762fbd2d4a28981419a0ccf"
 
-util-extend@^1.0.1:
-  version "1.0.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/util-extend/-/util-extend-1.0.3.tgz#a7c216d267545169637b3b6edc6ca9119e2ff93f"
-
 utile@0.3.x:
   version "0.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/utile/-/utile-0.3.0.tgz#1352c340eb820e4d8ddba039a4fbfaa32ed4ef3a"