diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c7840882fb..c4f39a23cf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
 
         <apache.ant.version>1.10.15</apache.ant.version>
         <httpcomponents.client.version>5.6</httpcomponents.client.version>
-        <httpcomponents.core.version>5.4.1</httpcomponents.core.version>
+        <httpcomponents.core.version>5.4.2</httpcomponents.core.version>
         <junit.version>5.14.3</junit.version>
 
         <!--necessary for some IDEs to be able to execute test cases (Netbeans)-->