diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b36d2db121144..44e15f92476c6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
     <!-- the producer is used in tests -->
     <aws.kinesis.producer.version>0.12.8</aws.kinesis.producer.version>
     <!--  org.apache.httpcomponents/httpclient-->
-    <commons.httpclient.version>4.5.11</commons.httpclient.version>
+    <commons.httpclient.version>4.5.13</commons.httpclient.version>
     <commons.httpcore.version>4.4.14</commons.httpcore.version>
     <commons.math3.version>3.4.1</commons.math3.version>
     <!-- managed up from 3.2.1 for SPARK-11652 -->