diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4ca1c07..2457b40 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient5</artifactId>
-            <version>5.3.1</version>
+            <version>5.4</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <!-- exclude this old version as we directly import a newer one -->
                 <exclusion>