diff --git a/commercetools/commercetools-apachehttp-client/build.gradle b/commercetools/commercetools-apachehttp-client/build.gradle
index 10be607d309..1d3587a3b7f 100644
--- a/commercetools/commercetools-apachehttp-client/build.gradle
+++ b/commercetools/commercetools-apachehttp-client/build.gradle
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 
 dependencies {
     api project(":rmf:rmf-java-base")
-    api("org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5") {
-        version {
-            strictly "[5.0,6.0["
-            prefer "5.1"
-        }
+    api "org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5:5.4.1" version {
+        strictly "[5.3.1,6.0["
+        prefer "5.4.1"
     }
     api "commons-io:commons-io" version commons.io