diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 57da3d3dd..7b177b632 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
         <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-        <version>4.3.6</version>
+        <version>4.5.13</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>