diff --git a/epmet-commons/epmet-commons-tools/pom.xml b/epmet-commons/epmet-commons-tools/pom.xml
index 0f8bd545fc..258b1a09b2 100644
--- a/epmet-commons/epmet-commons-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/epmet-commons/epmet-commons-tools/pom.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.5.2</version>
+            <version>4.5.13</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>