diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 12ddfa064d..d197ad3d45 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -822,6 +822,11 @@
 					</exclusion>
 				</exclusions>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+				<artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
+				<version>${httpclient.version}</version>
+			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
 				<artifactId>httpmime</artifactId>