diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 69346e2..0343a6f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
         <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.1</version>
+        <version>4.2.5</version>
       </dependency>