diff --git a/modules/plugins/jboss-as-7/pom.xml b/modules/plugins/jboss-as-7/pom.xml
index 360a486620c..d3348644f60 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/jboss-as-7/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/plugins/jboss-as-7/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <json.version>${project.json.version}</json.version>
     <jboss.sasl.version>1.0.0.Final</jboss.sasl.version>
     <!-- If you change httpclient4.version make sure to update httpcore version below accordingly  -->
-    <httpclient4.version>${apache.httpcomponents.version}</httpclient4.version>
+    <httpclient4.version>4.5.13</httpclient4.version>
     <as7.version>6.1.0.Alpha</as7.version>
     <as7.url>http://download.jboss.org/jbosseap/6/jboss-eap-6.1.0.Alpha/jboss-eap-6.1.0.Alpha.zip</as7.url>
     <jboss-as-arquillian-container-managed.version>7.1.1.Final</jboss-as-arquillian-container-managed.version>
diff --git a/modules/plugins/wfly-10/pom.xml b/modules/plugins/wfly-10/pom.xml
index 2e94711dece..b33183281bf 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/wfly-10/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/plugins/wfly-10/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <json.version>${project.json.version}</json.version>
     <jboss.sasl.version>1.0.0.Final</jboss.sasl.version>
     <!-- If you change httpclient4.version make sure to update httpcore version below accordingly  -->
-    <httpclient4.version>${apache.httpcomponents.version}</httpclient4.version>
+    <httpclient4.version>4.5.13</httpclient4.version>
     <as7.version>6.1.0.Alpha</as7.version>
     <as7.url>http://download.jboss.org/jbosseap/6/jboss-eap-6.1.0.Alpha/jboss-eap-6.1.0.Alpha.zip</as7.url>
     <jboss-as-arquillian-container-managed.version>7.1.1.Final</jboss-as-arquillian-container-managed.version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 226afee47cb..6ec4b19a52c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     <annotations.version>7.0.2</annotations.version>
     <ant.contrib.version>1.0b3</ant.contrib.version>
     <antlr.version>3.5.2</antlr.version>
-    <apache.httpcomponents.version>4.2.5</apache.httpcomponents.version>
+    <apache.httpcomponents.version>4.5.13</apache.httpcomponents.version>
     <arquillian.version>1.0.4.Final</arquillian.version> <!-- as of 6/25/2014 the latest version publically available is 1.1.4.Final, but we can't compile with that yet -->
     <arquillian.jboss.container.version>7.2.0.Final</arquillian.jboss.container.version> <!-- as of 6/25/2014 this is the latest version publically available -->
     <augeas.version>0.9.0-4</augeas.version>