diff --git a/basex/pom.xml b/basex/pom.xml
index 150aa985..d5cbd33d 100644
--- a/basex/pom.xml
+++ b/basex/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.5</version>
+            <version>4.5.13</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>