diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0141dcc..af600e1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.3</version>
+      <version>4.5.12</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>