diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 048964a..998f3f3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <gitHubRepo>jenkinsci/apache-httpcomponents-client-5-api-plugin</gitHubRepo>
-    <httpclient.version>5.5.2</httpclient.version>
+    <httpclient.version>5.6</httpclient.version>
     <httpcore.version>5.4</httpcore.version>
     <!-- https://www.jenkins.io/doc/developer/plugin-development/choosing-jenkins-baseline/ -->
     <jenkins.baseline>2.492</jenkins.baseline>