diff --git a/components/verification-handler/pom.xml b/components/verification-handler/pom.xml
index 996ecbc77..4fb074963 100644
--- a/components/verification-handler/pom.xml
+++ b/components/verification-handler/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.3.6</version>
+            <version>4.5.13</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>