diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 256ca765..43322f26 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   <properties>
     <copyright.year>2014</copyright.year> 
     <httpclient.version>4.2.6</httpclient.version>
-    <httpcore.version>4.2.5</httpcore.version>
+    <httpcore.version>4.4.16</httpcore.version>
   </properties>
 
 </project>