diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5807af150..235e2cbf9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@
     <project.guava.version>26.0-android</project.guava.version>
     <project.xpp3.version>1.1.4c</project.xpp3.version>
     <project.commons-logging.version>1.2</project.commons-logging.version>
-    <project.httpclient.version>4.5.8</project.httpclient.version>
+    <project.httpclient.version>4.5.9</project.httpclient.version>
     <project.opencensus.version>0.21.0</project.opencensus.version>
     <project.root-directory>..</project.root-directory>
     <deploy.autorelease>false</deploy.autorelease>