diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index b70ba462d3..53336fa5d9 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.http4k</groupId>
 			<artifactId>http4k-client-apache</artifactId>
-			<version>4.43.0.0</version>
+			<version>4.45.0.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>