diff --git a/robolectric-shadows/shadows-httpclient/pom.xml b/robolectric-shadows/shadows-httpclient/pom.xml
index 6ab2d01ba34..f89db4c8011 100644
--- a/robolectric-shadows/shadows-httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/robolectric-shadows/shadows-httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.3</version>
+      <version>4.5.13</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>