diff --git a/dspace-api/pom.xml b/dspace-api/pom.xml
index 2ea9722ba..d913e2c12 100644
--- a/dspace-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-api/pom.xml
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.2.1</version>
+            <version>4.5.13</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.solr</groupId>