diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e73e6f25d..7bb17c79e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
                 <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-                <version>4.2.1</version>
+                <version>4.5.13</version>
                 <exclusions>
                     <exclusion>
                         <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>