diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9350ae8a..6c416636 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.3.6</version>
+            <version>4.5.13</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>