diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a1fbe03f..d63fe1cd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-      <version>4.4</version>
+      <version>4.5.13</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>