diff --git a/tao-utils/pom.xml b/tao-utils/pom.xml
index 48f17bb9..260518f3 100644
--- a/tao-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/tao-utils/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.5.1</version>
+            <version>4.5.13</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>