diff --git a/examples/java/pom.xml b/examples/java/pom.xml
index 407b7e85a0dc..4aed5a73f5be 100644
--- a/examples/java/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/java/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
           <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-          <version>4.3.5</version>
+          <version>4.3.6</version>
           <scope>runtime</scope>
           <exclusions>
             <exclusion>