diff --git a/metrics-httpclient5/pom.xml b/metrics-httpclient5/pom.xml
index 2578b5fd2e..eb5b0c8283 100644
--- a/metrics-httpclient5/pom.xml
+++ b/metrics-httpclient5/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
             <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
-            <version>4.1.1</version>
+            <version>4.2.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>