diff --git a/engine/pom.xml b/engine/pom.xml
index d969b8277..8382a0023 100644
--- a/engine/pom.xml
+++ b/engine/pom.xml
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.micrometer</groupId>
+      <artifactId>micrometer-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
     <!-- Test Scope -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/io/camunda/zeebe/process/test/engine/EngineFactory.java b/engine/src/main/java/io/camunda/zeebe/process/test/engine/EngineFactory.java
index 19d81b64d..c5244cdbe 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/io/camunda/zeebe/process/test/engine/EngineFactory.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/io/camunda/zeebe/process/test/engine/EngineFactory.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import io.camunda.zeebe.util.FeatureFlags;
 import io.grpc.Server;
 import io.grpc.ServerBuilder;
+import io.micrometer.core.instrument.simple.SimpleMeterRegistry;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.ServerSocket;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ private static StreamProcessor createStreamProcessor(
                     new EngineConfiguration())))
         .actorSchedulingService(scheduler)
         .clock(new ControllableStreamClockImpl(clock))
+        .meterRegistry(new SimpleMeterRegistry())
         .build();
   }
 }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bd76cdace..0f728ec54 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
     <dependency.jna.version>5.14.0</dependency.jna.version>
     <dependency.junit.version>5.10.2</dependency.junit.version>
     <dependency.junit4.version>4.13.2</dependency.junit4.version>
+    <dependency.micrometer.version>1.13.3</dependency.micrometer.version>
     <dependency.mockito.version>4.11.0</dependency.mockito.version>
     <dependency.netty.version>4.1.110.Final</dependency.netty.version>
     <dependency.osgi.version>6.0.0</dependency.osgi.version>
@@ -336,6 +337,14 @@
         <version>${dependency.classgraph.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.micrometer</groupId>
+        <artifactId>micrometer-bom</artifactId>
+        <version>${dependency.micrometer.version}</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
       <!-- Only for dependency convergence issues -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>