diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bc9de65..0defac6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.ning</groupId>
                 <artifactId>async-http-client</artifactId>
-                <version>1.7.17</version>
+                <version>1.9.0</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <!-- JDBC libs -->