diff --git a/HeronBenchmarks/pom.xml b/HeronBenchmarks/pom.xml
index a3fbf65..dbf732c 100644
--- a/HeronBenchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/HeronBenchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.4</version>
+            <version>4.5.13</version>
         </dependency>
 
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