diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2d8b74fa..bafc3657 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.3</version>
+            <version>4.3.6</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>