diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6eb6530dc..30f1ff8ff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
         <metrics3.version>3.0.1</metrics3.version>
         <sesame.version>2.7.10</sesame.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.12</slf4j.version>
-        <httpcomponents.version>4.4.1</httpcomponents.version>
+        <httpcomponents.version>4.5.13</httpcomponents.version>
         <hadoop2.version>2.7.1</hadoop2.version>
         <hbase094.version>0.94.25</hbase094.version>
         <hbase096.core.version>0.96.2</hbase096.core.version>