diff --git a/ArgusKafkaConsumer/pom.xml b/ArgusKafkaConsumer/pom.xml
index b03e9f056..18ec4e9e0 100644
--- a/ArgusKafkaConsumer/pom.xml
+++ b/ArgusKafkaConsumer/pom.xml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.4.1</version>
+            <version>4.5.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>