diff --git a/spring-5-reactive/pom.xml b/spring-5-reactive/pom.xml
index 8d5324a673..99cdd11f24 100644
--- a/spring-5-reactive/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-5-reactive/pom.xml
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@
             <version>${project-reactor-test}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+            <version>${httpclient.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -165,6 +171,7 @@
         <geronimo-json_1.1_spec.version>1.0</geronimo-json_1.1_spec.version>
         <commons-collections4.version>4.1</commons-collections4.version>
         <project-reactor-test>3.2.3.RELEASE</project-reactor-test>
+        <httpclient.version>4.5.8</httpclient.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>