diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f55148f..31f995f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -666,12 +666,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.1</version>
+            <version>4.3.6</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.1</version>
+            <version>4.3.6</version>
             <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>