diff --git a/changelog.adoc b/changelog.adoc
index 37b7816..2d3e19f 100644
--- a/changelog.adoc
+++ b/changelog.adoc
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
   millisecond values (`long`) as well to stay compatible with old configurations.
 * Dependency versions are now managed by `spring-boot-dependencies`.
   (https://github.com/deviceinsight/kafka-health-check/issues/17[ISSUE-17])
+* As of now, cache metrics can be exposed. For this purpose, a corresponding MeterRegistry instance must be passed
+  when instantiating the Kafka Health Check. (https://github.com/deviceinsight/kafka-health-check/issues/20[ISSUE-20])
 
 == Version 1.2.0
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e37261c..1bb2e64 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
-		<version>2.3.8.RELEASE</version>
+		<version>2.4.4</version>
 		<relativePath />
 	</parent>
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
 		<!-- Versions -->
-		<guava.version>30.1-jre</guava.version>
+		<guava.version>30.1.1-jre</guava.version>
 
 		<nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.6.8</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
 		<maven-gpg-plugin.version>1.6</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 
 	<developers>
 		<developer>
-			<id>ManuZiD</id>
+			<id>ezienecker</id>
 			<name>Emanuel Zienecker</name>
 			<email>emanuel.zienecker@device-insight.com</email>
 			<roles>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/deviceinsight/kafka/health/KafkaConsumingHealthIndicator.java b/src/main/java/com/deviceinsight/kafka/health/KafkaConsumingHealthIndicator.java
index fae4901..17699ac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/deviceinsight/kafka/health/KafkaConsumingHealthIndicator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/deviceinsight/kafka/health/KafkaConsumingHealthIndicator.java
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS;
 
 import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.Cache;
 import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.Caffeine;
+import io.micrometer.core.instrument.MeterRegistry;
+import io.micrometer.core.instrument.Tag;
+import io.micrometer.core.instrument.binder.cache.CaffeineCacheMetrics;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.Consumer;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerConfig;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerRebalanceListener;
@@ -44,9 +47,9 @@ public class KafkaConsumingHealthIndicator extends AbstractHealthIndicator {
 
 	private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(KafkaConsumingHealthIndicator.class);
 	private static final String CONSUMER_GROUP_PREFIX = "health-check-";
+	private static final String CACHE_NAME = "kafka-health-check";
 
 	private final Consumer<String, String> consumer;
-
 	private final Producer<String, String> producer;
 
 	private final String topic;
@@ -57,11 +60,18 @@ public class KafkaConsumingHealthIndicator extends AbstractHealthIndicator {
 	private final ExecutorService executor;
 	private final AtomicBoolean running;
 	private final Cache<String, String> cache;
+	private final String consumerGroupId;
 
 	private KafkaCommunicationResult kafkaCommunicationResult;
 
 	public KafkaConsumingHealthIndicator(KafkaHealthProperties kafkaHealthProperties,
 			Map<String, Object> kafkaConsumerProperties, Map<String, Object> kafkaProducerProperties) {
+		this(kafkaHealthProperties, kafkaConsumerProperties, kafkaProducerProperties, null);
+	}
+
+	public KafkaConsumingHealthIndicator(KafkaHealthProperties kafkaHealthProperties,
+			Map<String, Object> kafkaConsumerProperties, Map<String, Object> kafkaProducerProperties,
+			MeterRegistry meterRegistry) {
 
 		logger.info("Initializing kafka health check with properties: {}", kafkaHealthProperties);
 		this.topic = kafkaHealthProperties.getTopic();
@@ -71,7 +81,8 @@ public class KafkaConsumingHealthIndicator extends AbstractHealthIndicator {
 
 		Map<String, Object> kafkaConsumerPropertiesCopy = new HashMap<>(kafkaConsumerProperties);
 
-		setConsumerGroup(kafkaConsumerPropertiesCopy);
+		this.consumerGroupId = getUniqueConsumerGroupId(kafkaConsumerPropertiesCopy);
+		kafkaConsumerPropertiesCopy.put(ConsumerConfig.GROUP_ID_CONFIG, consumerGroupId);
 
 		StringDeserializer deserializer = new StringDeserializer();
 		StringSerializer serializer = new StringSerializer();
@@ -81,8 +92,9 @@ public class KafkaConsumingHealthIndicator extends AbstractHealthIndicator {
 
 		this.executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
 		this.running = new AtomicBoolean(true);
-		this.cache =
-				Caffeine.newBuilder().expireAfterWrite(sendReceiveTimeout).build();
+		this.cache = Caffeine.newBuilder().expireAfterWrite(sendReceiveTimeout).build();
+
+		enableCacheMetrics(cache, meterRegistry);
 
 		this.kafkaCommunicationResult =
 				KafkaCommunicationResult.failure(new RejectedExecutionException("Kafka Health Check is starting."));
@@ -93,8 +105,7 @@ public class KafkaConsumingHealthIndicator extends AbstractHealthIndicator {
 		subscribeToTopic();
 
 		if (kafkaCommunicationResult.isFailure()) {
-			throw new BeanInitializationException("Kafka health check failed",
-					kafkaCommunicationResult.getException());
+			throw new BeanInitializationException("Kafka health check failed", kafkaCommunicationResult.getException());
 		}
 
 		executor.submit(() -> {
@@ -113,12 +124,11 @@ public class KafkaConsumingHealthIndicator extends AbstractHealthIndicator {
 		consumer.close();
 	}
 
-	private void setConsumerGroup(Map<String, Object> kafkaConsumerProperties) {
+	private String getUniqueConsumerGroupId(Map<String, Object> kafkaConsumerProperties) {
 		try {
 			String groupId = (String) kafkaConsumerProperties.getOrDefault(ConsumerConfig.GROUP_ID_CONFIG,
 					UUID.randomUUID().toString());
-			kafkaConsumerProperties.put(ConsumerConfig.GROUP_ID_CONFIG,
-					CONSUMER_GROUP_PREFIX + groupId + "-" + InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostAddress());
+			return CONSUMER_GROUP_PREFIX + groupId + "-" + InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostAddress();
 		} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
 			throw new IllegalStateException(e);
 		}
@@ -203,8 +213,7 @@ public class KafkaConsumingHealthIndicator extends AbstractHealthIndicator {
 				if (kafkaCommunicationResult.isFailure()) {
 					goDown(builder);
 				} else {
-					builder.down(new TimeoutException(
-							"Sending and receiving took longer than " + sendReceiveTimeout ))
+					builder.down(new TimeoutException("Sending and receiving took longer than " + sendReceiveTimeout))
 							.withDetail("topic", topic);
 				}
 
@@ -216,4 +225,13 @@ public class KafkaConsumingHealthIndicator extends AbstractHealthIndicator {
 	private void goDown(Health.Builder builder) {
 		builder.down(kafkaCommunicationResult.getException()).withDetail("topic", topic);
 	}
+
+	private void enableCacheMetrics(Cache<String, String> cache, MeterRegistry meterRegistry) {
+		if (meterRegistry == null) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		CaffeineCacheMetrics.monitor(meterRegistry, cache, CACHE_NAME,
+				Collections.singletonList(Tag.of("instance", consumerGroupId)));
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/deviceinsight/kafka/health/KafkaConsumingHealthIndicatorTest.java b/src/test/java/com/deviceinsight/kafka/health/KafkaConsumingHealthIndicatorTest.java
index 79aa7b6..f706fdf 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/deviceinsight/kafka/health/KafkaConsumingHealthIndicatorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/deviceinsight/kafka/health/KafkaConsumingHealthIndicatorTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.deviceinsight.kafka.health;
 import static com.deviceinsight.kafka.health.KafkaConsumingHealthIndicatorTest.TOPIC;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
+import io.micrometer.core.instrument.simple.SimpleMeterRegistry;
 import kafka.server.KafkaServer;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.Consumer;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer;