diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9656079dd..d5f755886 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-api', version: '2.13.0'
     compile group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-core', version: '2.13.0'
     compile group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version: '3.9'
-    compile group: 'commons-io', name: 'commons-io', version: '2.3'
+    compile group: 'commons-io', name: 'commons-io', version: '2.7'
     implementation 'io.grpc:grpc-netty-shaded:1.28.0'
     implementation 'io.grpc:grpc-protobuf:1.28.0'
     implementation 'io.grpc:grpc-stub:1.28.0'
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/metrics/PerformanceAnalyzerMetrics.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/metrics/PerformanceAnalyzerMetrics.java
index 947ea2982..ed2979bfa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/metrics/PerformanceAnalyzerMetrics.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/metrics/PerformanceAnalyzerMetrics.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public static void addMetricEntry(StringBuilder value, String metricKey, long me
     private static void emitMetric(BlockingQueue<Event> q, Event entry) {
         if (!q.offer(entry)) {
             PerformanceAnalyzerApp.WRITER_METRICS_AGGREGATOR.updateStat(
-                    WriterMetrics.METRICS_WRITE_ERROR, entry.key, 1);
+                    WriterMetrics.METRICS_WRITE_ERROR, "", 1);
             LOG.debug("Could not enter metric {}", entry);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/reader/MetricsEmitterTests.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/reader/MetricsEmitterTests.java
index 4c0f38e1b..f98e13cb6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/reader/MetricsEmitterTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/reader/MetricsEmitterTests.java
@@ -356,7 +356,8 @@ public void testThreadNameCategorization() {
                 "search",
                 MetricsEmitter.categorizeThreadName("opensearch[I9AByra][search]", dimensions));
         assertEquals(
-                "write", MetricsEmitter.categorizeThreadName("opensearch[I9AByra][bulk]", dimensions));
+                "write",
+                MetricsEmitter.categorizeThreadName("opensearch[I9AByra][bulk]", dimensions));
         assertEquals("other", MetricsEmitter.categorizeThreadName("Top thread random", dimensions));
     }