diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 64617bd22..8a3999d6c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@
     <project.xpp3.version>1.1.4c</project.xpp3.version>
     <project.apache-httpclient-4.version>4.5.14</project.apache-httpclient-4.version>
     <project.apache-httpcore-4.version>4.4.16</project.apache-httpcore-4.version>
-    <project.apache-httpclient-5.version>5.3.1</project.apache-httpclient-5.version>
+    <project.apache-httpclient-5.version>5.4.4</project.apache-httpclient-5.version>
     <project.apache-httpcore-5.version>5.2.5</project.apache-httpcore-5.version>
     <project.opencensus.version>0.31.1</project.opencensus.version>
     <project.root-directory>..</project.root-directory>