diff --git a/root/projects/core/pom.xml b/root/projects/core/pom.xml
index be0c121065..9561fce196 100644
--- a/root/projects/core/pom.xml
+++ b/root/projects/core/pom.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
         <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-        <version>4.3.3</version>
+        <version>4.5.13</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- provided dependencies -->