diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 128a9583..da1fa5a8 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ dependencies {
     exclude group: 'xerces', module: 'xmlParserAPIs'
     exclude group: 'xerces', module: 'xercesImpl'
   }
-  compile('org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.2.1') {
+  compile('org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.4.1') {
     exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
   }
-  compile 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:4.2.1'
+  compile 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:4.4.1'
   compile 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.6'
 
   // Test dependencies