diff --git a/mlflow/java/pom.xml b/mlflow/java/pom.xml
index e3bd17e524e66..a3e200d29556a 100644
--- a/mlflow/java/pom.xml
+++ b/mlflow/java/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <scala.version>2.11.12</scala.version>
-    <httpclient.version>4.5.6</httpclient.version>
+    <httpclient.version>4.5.13</httpclient.version>
     <git-commit.version>2.2.4</git-commit.version>
     <protobuf.version>3.6.0</protobuf.version>
     <scalapb.version>0.6.7</scalapb.version>