diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f48f1c5..93255d9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
         <dependency>     
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.3.1</version>
+            <version>4.5.13</version>
         </dependency>                             
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>