diff --git a/metrics-httpclient5/pom.xml b/metrics-httpclient5/pom.xml
index 9d692e8c32..d1ef2b07e4 100644
--- a/metrics-httpclient5/pom.xml
+++ b/metrics-httpclient5/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <javaModuleName>io.dropwizard.metrics5.httpclient5</javaModuleName>
-        <http-client.version>5.5.2</http-client.version>
+        <http-client.version>5.6</http-client.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>