diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6dbc295..558afb3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
     <implementation.build.tstamp>${maven.build.timestamp}</implementation.build.tstamp>
 
     <httpclient.version>4.5.12</httpclient.version>
-    <httpcore.version>4.4.12</httpcore.version>
+    <httpcore.version>4.4.13</httpcore.version>
     <owlapi.version>5.1.13</owlapi.version>
     <poi.version>4.1.2</poi.version>
     <rdf4j.version>3.1.2</rdf4j.version>
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
         <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
-        <version>4.4.13</version>
+        <version>${httpcore.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>