diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2a9ed0368c..4aecb4af16 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Usage:
 ./scripts/extract-changelog-for-version.sh 1.3.37 5
 ```
 ### 1.4.0-SNAPSHOT
+* Fix #725: Upgrade HttpClient from 4.5.10 to 4.5.13
 * Fix #704: NPE when using Service fragment with no port specified
 * Fix #705: JIB assembly works on Windows
 * Fix #714: feat: Helm support for Golang expressions
diff --git a/jkube-kit/parent/pom.xml b/jkube-kit/parent/pom.xml
index d7d2354243..2ca272880f 100644
--- a/jkube-kit/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/jkube-kit/parent/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
     <version.commons-text>1.9</version.commons-text>
     <version.gson>2.8.6</version.gson>
     <version.guava>30.1.1-jre</version.guava>
-    <version.httpclient>4.5.10</version.httpclient>
+    <version.httpcore>4.4.13</version.httpcore>
+    <version.httpclient>4.5.13</version.httpclient>
     <version.ianaservicehelper>0.0.1</version.ianaservicehelper>
     <version.jansi>1.16</version.jansi>
     <version.javassist>3.20.0-GA</version.javassist>
@@ -383,6 +384,10 @@
               <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
               <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
             </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+              <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
             <exclusion>
               <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
               <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
@@ -408,6 +413,12 @@
         <version>${version.snakeyaml}</version>
       </dependency>
 
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+        <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
+        <version>${version.httpcore}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
         <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>