diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 611857caa0..83469f8ee5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <httpclient.version>4.5</httpclient.version>
+    <httpclient.version>4.5.13</httpclient.version>
     <jetty.version>9.4.38.v20210224</jetty.version>
   </properties>