diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7d0cc8c053..1022b5ee2b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
          <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-         <version>4.5.4</version>
+         <version>4.5.6</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- provided dependencies -->