diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bbc37f6..77869dd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient5</artifactId>
-            <version>5.2.3</version>
+            <version>5.3</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <!-- exclude old versions of slf4j-api and httpcore5 as newer versions can be used -->
                 <exclusion>