diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 3d1d7b82..97992003 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:2.3.0'
     implementation 'org.apache.opennlp:opennlp-tools:1.9.1'
     implementation 'black.ninia:jep:4.0.2'
-    implementation "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.3"
+    implementation "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.13"
     implementation "org.apache.lucene:lucene-analyzers-common:4.5.1"
     implementation group: 'org.jruby', name: 'jruby-complete', version: '9.2.13.0'