diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0b5e5de3f751..3ab78bb11684 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     <properties>
         <apache.directory.server.version>2.0.0-M22</apache.directory.server.version>
         <apache.directory.api.version>1.0.0-M33</apache.directory.api.version>
-        <apache.httpcomponents.version>4.5.9</apache.httpcomponents.version>
+        <apache.httpcomponents.version>4.5.13</apache.httpcomponents.version>
         <confluent.maven.repo>http://packages.confluent.io/maven/</confluent.maven.repo>
         <exec-maven-plugin.version>1.2.1</exec-maven-plugin.version>
         <podam.version>6.0.2.RELEASE</podam.version>