diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f01cd5ca30..9be36e1c36 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2072,7 +2072,7 @@
         <xmlunit.version>1.6</xmlunit.version>
         <hk2.version>2.5.0</hk2.version>
         <hk2.config.version>5.1.0-RC2</hk2.config.version>
-        <httpclient.version>4.5</httpclient.version> <!-- TODO: 4.5.2 doesn't work; apache client connector tests -->
+        <httpclient.version>4.5.9</httpclient.version>
         <istack.commons.runtime.version>3.0.8</istack.commons.runtime.version>
         <jackson.version>2.9.9</jackson.version>
         <jackson1.version>1.9.13</jackson1.version>