diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/java/apache-httpclient/pom.xml b/samples/client/petstore/java/apache-httpclient/pom.xml
index 155df5c41399..f8cfdad62018 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/java/apache-httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/java/apache-httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
     </dependencies>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <httpclient-version>5.2.1</httpclient-version>
+        <httpclient-version>5.6.3</httpclient-version>
         <jackson-version>2.21.5</jackson-version>
         <jackson-annotations-version>2.21</jackson-annotations-version>
         <jackson-databind-version>2.21.5</jackson-databind-version>