diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4f5754e4..e9bbb092 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
         <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-        <version>4.1</version>
+        <version>4.3.6</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>