diff --git a/luzzu-io/pom.xml b/luzzu-io/pom.xml
index 5c0ebe3..f2ad069 100644
--- a/luzzu-io/pom.xml
+++ b/luzzu-io/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
 			<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-			<version>4.5.2</version>
+			<version>4.5.13</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5f5a922..e9cfbe4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ use-case driven discovery and retrieval.</description>
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-		    <version>4.5.2</version>
+		    <version>4.5.13</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>