diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b5bafed..c4416d1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-      <version>4.3.2</version>
+      <version>4.5.13</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- ======================================================================= -->
     <!-- Dependencies needed for Apache Axix WSDL2Java (only during development) -->