diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8c700d21..3838c47f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
   <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
    <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-   <version>4.3.2</version>
+   <version>4.5.13</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
    <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>