diff --git a/metrics-httpasyncclient/pom.xml b/metrics-httpasyncclient/pom.xml
index 960e9541c7..ae595227ce 100644
--- a/metrics-httpasyncclient/pom.xml
+++ b/metrics-httpasyncclient/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
                 <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
-                <version>4.4.15</version>
+                <version>4.4.16</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
diff --git a/metrics-httpclient/pom.xml b/metrics-httpclient/pom.xml
index ad4c2061cf..495fbe0b52 100644
--- a/metrics-httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/metrics-httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
                 <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
-                <version>4.4.15</version>
+                <version>4.4.16</version>
             </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>