diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9178e13..c1b7077 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.5.2</version>
+            <version>4.5.13</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- DO NOT REMOVE below runtime dependencies start-->