diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e2cc2bbbdeb..c429df2bbf3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
         <commons-io.version>2.21.0</commons-io.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.20.0</commons-lang3.version>
         <commons-text.version>1.15.0</commons-text.version>
-        <httpcomponents.client.version>5.5.1</httpcomponents.client.version>
+        <httpcomponents.client.version>5.6</httpcomponents.client.version>
         <httpcomponents.core.version>5.3.6</httpcomponents.core.version>
         <!-- note that logging will be noisy and broken until we upgrade to 3.2
             See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCS-232 and