diff --git a/plexus-swizzle/pom.xml b/plexus-swizzle/pom.xml
index 4e2e5fa6d..3f9e55137 100644
--- a/plexus-swizzle/pom.xml
+++ b/plexus-swizzle/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
        <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-       <version>4.0.1</version>
+       <version>4.5.13</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>