diff --git a/fault-tolerance/fault-tolerance/src/main/java/module-info.java b/fault-tolerance/fault-tolerance/src/main/java/module-info.java
index 58e65917d33..d16fa6dc725 100644
--- a/fault-tolerance/fault-tolerance/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/fault-tolerance/fault-tolerance/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
     requires io.helidon.common.configurable;
     requires io.helidon.config;
     requires io.helidon.builder.api;
-    requires io.helidon.metrics.api;
 
+    requires static io.helidon.metrics.api;
     requires static io.helidon.common.features.api;
 
     exports io.helidon.faulttolerance;