diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml
index 6b8c56bf7..f8cdbcb47 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
   		<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-  		<version>4.3</version>
+  		<version>4.5.13</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>