diff --git a/src/dbt_osmosis/core/schema/writer.py b/src/dbt_osmosis/core/schema/writer.py
index 312d869..dfb9168 100644
--- a/src/dbt_osmosis/core/schema/writer.py
+++ b/src/dbt_osmosis/core/schema/writer.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 
 # Keys that are filtered out by OsmosisYAML but should be preserved when writing
-_PRESERVED_KEYS = {"semantic_models", "macros"}
+_PRESERVED_KEYS = {"semantic_models", "macros", "metrics"}
 
 
 def _merge_preserved_sections(