diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cdec1f160..b58e21060 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient5</artifactId>
-            <version>5.5</version>
+            <version>5.6</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>