diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8ad2e476c..7d0e8be92 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 		<slf4j.api.version>2.0.16</slf4j.api.version> <!--see also here http://www.slf4j.org/faq.html#changesInVersion18 -->
 		<org.json.version>20250107</org.json.version>
 		<sap.cloud.env.servicebinding.version>0.20.0</sap.cloud.env.servicebinding.version>
-		<apache.httpclient5.version>5.4.1</apache.httpclient5.version>
+		<apache.httpclient5.version>5.4.2</apache.httpclient5.version>
 		<apache.httpclient.version>4.5.14</apache.httpclient.version>
 		<caffeine.version>3.1.8</caffeine.version>
 		<commons.io.version>2.18.0</commons.io.version>