diff --git a/sonar-ws-client/pom.xml b/sonar-ws-client/pom.xml
index 6a7317a3c..320472b26 100644
--- a/sonar-ws-client/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar-ws-client/pom.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.2.2</version>
+            <version>4.5.13</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>