diff --git a/aws-serverless-java-container-core/pom.xml b/aws-serverless-java-container-core/pom.xml
index 301778da0..084a51c5c 100644
--- a/aws-serverless-java-container-core/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-serverless-java-container-core/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.5.6</version>
+            <version>4.5.13</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>