diff --git a/clientlib/java/clientlib-java-httpclient/pom.xml b/clientlib/java/clientlib-java-httpclient/pom.xml
index 843e86ac9..378a81608 100644
--- a/clientlib/java/clientlib-java-httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/clientlib/java/clientlib-java-httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.1.3</version>
+            <version>4.5.13</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>