diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 52c57603..29fb8d33 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation group: 'org.springframework.boot', name: 'spring-boot-starter-batch', {
     exclude group: 'org.springframework.boot', module: 'spring-boot-starter-jdbc'
   }
-  implementation group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents.client5', name: 'httpclient5', version: '5.3.1'
+  implementation group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents.client5', name: 'httpclient5', version: '5.4'
   implementation group: 'javax.jms', name: 'javax.jms-api', version: '2.0.1'
 
   implementation group: 'javax.xml.bind', name: 'jaxb-api', version: '2.3.1' // Needed for openjdk 11 to execute test