diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e86b7e15f3..65f69ae76e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
         <lib.woodstox.version>7.1.1</lib.woodstox.version>
         <lib.signpost-core.version>2.1.1</lib.signpost-core.version>
         <lib.httpclient.version>4.5.14</lib.httpclient.version>
-        <lib.httpclient5.version>5.5.1</lib.httpclient5.version>
+        <lib.httpclient5.version>5.6</lib.httpclient5.version>
         <lib.log4j-over-slf4j.version>2.0.17</lib.log4j-over-slf4j.version>
         <lib.org-kohsuke-github-api.version>1.330</lib.org-kohsuke-github-api.version>
         <lib.com-asahaf-javacron.version>1.4.0</lib.com-asahaf-javacron.version>