diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/pom.xml b/bookkeeper-server/pom.xml
index 869d54597ad..1439466779d 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/pom.xml
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/pom.xml
@@ -102,11 +102,6 @@
       <artifactId>circe-checksum</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.bookkeeper.stats</groupId>
-      <artifactId>prometheus-metrics-provider</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
@@ -215,6 +210,12 @@
        <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
        <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.bookkeeper.stats</groupId>
+      <artifactId>prometheus-metrics-provider</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.bookkeeper.stats</groupId>
       <artifactId>otel-metrics-provider</artifactId>
diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/server/http/service/MetricsService.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/server/http/service/MetricsService.java
index 35cdb422bf3..d3d57f72fa4 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/server/http/service/MetricsService.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/server/http/service/MetricsService.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 package org.apache.bookkeeper.server.http.service;
 
-import io.prometheus.client.exporter.common.TextFormat;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.conf.ServerConfiguration;
@@ -36,6 +35,8 @@
  */
 public class MetricsService implements HttpEndpointService {
 
+    public static final String PROMETHEUS_CONTENT_TYPE_004 = "text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8";
+
     private final ServerConfiguration conf;
     private final StatsProvider statsProvider;
 
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ public HttpServiceResponse handle(HttpServiceRequest request) throws Exception {
             statsProvider.writeAllMetrics(writer);
             writer.flush();
             response.setCode(StatusCode.OK);
-            response.setContentType(TextFormat.CONTENT_TYPE_004);
+            response.setContentType(PROMETHEUS_CONTENT_TYPE_004);
             response.setBody(writer.getBuffer().toString());
         } catch (UnsupportedOperationException uoe) {
             response.setCode(StatusCode.INTERNAL_ERROR);
diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/server/http/service/MetricsServiceTest.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/server/http/service/MetricsServiceTest.java
index a8b28cd89ea..c46dfe29976 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/server/http/service/MetricsServiceTest.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/server/http/service/MetricsServiceTest.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 
-import io.prometheus.client.exporter.common.TextFormat;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.conf.ServerConfiguration;
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ public void testWriteMetrics() throws Exception {
         HttpServiceResponse response = service.handle(request);
 
         assertEquals(StatusCode.OK.getValue(), response.getStatusCode());
-        assertEquals(TextFormat.CONTENT_TYPE_004, response.getContentType());
+        assertEquals(MetricsService.PROMETHEUS_CONTENT_TYPE_004, response.getContentType());
         assertEquals(content, response.getBody());
     }