diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 36310ac52a..bf30479675 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     <hawtdispatch-version>1.11</hawtdispatch-version>
     <howl-version>0.1.8</howl-version>
     <hsqldb-version>1.8.0.10</hsqldb-version>
-    <httpclient-version>4.1.3</httpclient-version>
+    <httpclient-version>4.2.1</httpclient-version>
     <jasypt-version>1.9.0</jasypt-version>
     <jdom-version>1.0</jdom-version>
     <jetty-version>7.6.5.v20120716</jetty-version>