diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0d8364e41..01517a9f2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-      <version>4.3.6</version>
+      <version>4.5.13</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>