diff --git a/word-count-beam/pom.xml b/word-count-beam/pom.xml
index defc15d..cb7c318 100644
--- a/word-count-beam/pom.xml
+++ b/word-count-beam/pom.xml
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
           <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-          <version>4.3.6</version>
+          <version>4.5.13</version>
           <scope>runtime</scope>
           <exclusions>
             <exclusion>