diff --git a/simba/pom.xml b/simba/pom.xml
index afb579b..157b078 100644
--- a/simba/pom.xml
+++ b/simba/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 		<jaxen.version>1.1.1</jaxen.version>
 		<guava.version>13.0.1</guava.version>
 		<hsqldb.version>1.8.0.10</hsqldb.version>
-		<httpclient.version>4.2.5</httpclient.version>
+		<httpclient.version>4.5.13</httpclient.version>
 		<httpmime.version>4.2.5</httpmime.version>
 		<commons-beanutils.version>1.8.3</commons-beanutils.version>
 		<commons-lang.version>2.6</commons-lang.version>
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
 			<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-			<version>4.0.3</version>
+			<version>4.5.13</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>