diff --git a/tools/fidget/pom.xml b/tools/fidget/pom.xml
index d257d7fe..649aea89 100644
--- a/tools/fidget/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/fidget/pom.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
          <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-         <version>4.2.1</version>
+         <version>4.5.13</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>