diff --git a/tools/clients/pom.xml b/tools/clients/pom.xml
index 47d573334..8f339cc20 100644
--- a/tools/clients/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/clients/pom.xml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.5.5</version>
+            <version>4.5.13</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-core -->
         <dependency>