diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8f24d96..bbaad79 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
         <kafka.version>0.11.0.0</kafka.version>
 
-        <httpclient.version>4.5.3</httpclient.version>
+        <httpclient.version>4.5.13</httpclient.version>
         <jcl-slf4j.version>1.7.7</jcl-slf4j.version>
 
         <haystack.logback.metrics.appender.version>0.1.12</haystack.logback.metrics.appender.version>