diff --git a/httpclient/pom.xml b/httpclient/pom.xml
index d3ef5e6d69cc..ea5751f523e8 100644
--- a/httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
         <mockito.version>1.9.5</mockito.version>
 
         <httpcore.version>4.3.1</httpcore.version>
-        <httpclient.version>4.3.1</httpclient.version>
+        <httpclient.version>4.5.13</httpclient.version>
 
         <rest-assured.version>2.1.0</rest-assured.version>