diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fc849a6..71ed9b5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module github.com/netlify/netlify-commons
 
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.4.1
-	github.com/DataDog/datadog-go v4.4.0+incompatible
+	github.com/DataDog/datadog-go v4.8.3+incompatible
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.3.10
 	github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3d28a1a..857d168 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.4.1/go.mod h1:CxXYINrC8qIiEnFrOxCa7Jy5BFHlXnUU2pbi
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
 github.com/DataDog/datadog-go v2.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:LButxg5PwREeZtORoXG3tL4fMGNddJ+vMq1mwgfaqoQ=
 github.com/DataDog/datadog-go v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:LButxg5PwREeZtORoXG3tL4fMGNddJ+vMq1mwgfaqoQ=
-github.com/DataDog/datadog-go v4.4.0+incompatible h1:R7WqXWP4fIOAqWJtUKmSfuc7eDsBT58k9AY5WSHVosk=
 github.com/DataDog/datadog-go v4.4.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:LButxg5PwREeZtORoXG3tL4fMGNddJ+vMq1mwgfaqoQ=
+github.com/DataDog/datadog-go v4.8.3+incompatible h1:fNGaYSuObuQb5nzeTQqowRAd9bpDIRRV4/gUtIBjh8Q=
+github.com/DataDog/datadog-go v4.8.3+incompatible/go.mod h1:LButxg5PwREeZtORoXG3tL4fMGNddJ+vMq1mwgfaqoQ=
 github.com/DataDog/gostackparse v0.5.0/go.mod h1:lTfqcJKqS9KnXQGnyQMCugq3u1FP6UZMfWR0aitKFMM=
 github.com/DataDog/sketches-go v1.0.0 h1:chm5KSXO7kO+ywGWJ0Zs6tdmWU8PBXSbywFVciL6BG4=
 github.com/DataDog/sketches-go v1.0.0/go.mod h1:O+XkJHWk9w4hDwY2ZUDU31ZC9sNYlYo8DiFsxjYeo1k=
diff --git a/metriks/distribution_test.go b/metriks/distribution_test.go
index c557e7d..a5ba7ec 100644
--- a/metriks/distribution_test.go
+++ b/metriks/distribution_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func TestDistribution(t *testing.T) {
 	Distribution("some_metric", 12.0, L("b", "c"))
 
 	buf := <-msgs
-	assert.Equal(t, "testing.some_metric:12|d|#a:1,b:c", string(bytes.Trim(buf, "\x00")))
+	assert.Equal(t, "testing.some_metric:12|d|#a:1,b:c\n", string(bytes.Trim(buf, "\x00")))
 }
 
 func TestDistributionRace(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/metriks/metriks_test.go b/metriks/metriks_test.go
index d102e20..3e891c5 100644
--- a/metriks/metriks_test.go
+++ b/metriks/metriks_test.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func TestDatadogSink(t *testing.T) {
 
 	Inc("test_counter", 1)
 
-	expectedMsg := "test.test_counter:1|c|#app:edge-state,env:test,service:test"
+	expectedMsg := "test.test_counter:1|c|#app:edge-state,env:test,service:test\n"
 
 	var readBytes int
 	buf := make([]byte, 512)