diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bc8d0fa583..6c2afca70b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
                 <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-                <version>4.5.2</version>
+                <version>4.5.6</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>