diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7927f076f9fa297c7892a2018aa6cc35b2c50e1d..0210e2630a8fc6af4f12e0b40d5e817c83485ab3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -49,8 +49,16 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-      <version>4.5.2</version>
+      <version>4.5</version>
       <type>jar</type>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+      <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
+      <version>4.4.1</version>
+      <type>jar</type>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax</groupId>