diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f78bdf9..cc911f9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
     <!-- the producer is used in tests -->
     <aws.kinesis.producer.version>0.12.8</aws.kinesis.producer.version>
     <!--  org.apache.httpcomponents/httpclient-->
-    <commons.httpclient.version>4.5.6</commons.httpclient.version>
+    <commons.httpclient.version>4.5.13</commons.httpclient.version>
     <commons.httpcore.version>4.4.10</commons.httpcore.version>
     <!--  commons-httpclient/commons-httpclient-->
     <httpclient.classic.version>3.1</httpclient.classic.version>