diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4be21ed..f224981 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0</version>
+      <version>3.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>