diff --git a/SciDB-Java/pom.xml b/SciDB-Java/pom.xml
index 53d22108..47da4f72 100644
--- a/SciDB-Java/pom.xml
+++ b/SciDB-Java/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
 			<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-			<version>4.5.2</version>
+			<version>4.5.13</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- APACHE IO UTILITIES -->
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c4e49cf8..e64f1fcb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
 				<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-				<version>4.5</version>
+				<version>4.5.13</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<!-- JAVA EE -->
 			<dependency>
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
 				<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-				<version>4.5</version>
+				<version>4.5.13</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>javax</groupId>