diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1eacf6960b..5a3ba61634 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@
     <slf4j.version>1.8.0-beta2</slf4j.version>
     <xbean.version>3.18</xbean.version>
     <jolokia.version>1.6.0</jolokia.version>
-    <httpcomponents.version>4.4.1</httpcomponents.version>
+    <httpcomponents.version>4.5.13</httpcomponents.version>
     <gn.schemas.version>3.7</gn.schemas.version>
   </properties>
 </project>