diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/aws-plugin-api/build.gradle b/data-prepper-plugins/aws-plugin-api/build.gradle
index 1792959eb8..d0743c0c3e 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/aws-plugin-api/build.gradle
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/aws-plugin-api/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 dependencies {
     implementation 'software.amazon.awssdk:auth'
     implementation 'software.amazon.awssdk:apache-client'
-    implementation 'org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5:5.2'
+    implementation 'org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5:5.3.1'
 }
 
 test {