diff --git a/hc5/pom.xml b/hc5/pom.xml
index 1d9d2007a..f5d48d420 100644
--- a/hc5/pom.xml
+++ b/hc5/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpclient5</artifactId>
-      <version>5.3.1</version>
+      <version>5.4</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>