diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ec07c1b..ec63a8f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <type>jar</type>
-            <version>4.2.1</version>
+            <version>4.5.12</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax</groupId>