diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3bf2b78b..0816a8f8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.1</version>
+            <version>4.5.13</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>