diff --git a/instrumentation/apache-httpclient/apache-httpclient-5.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/apache-httpclient/apache-httpclient-5.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
index 8056ecce006f..0a2a3fe973f0 100644
--- a/instrumentation/apache-httpclient/apache-httpclient-5.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/apache-httpclient/apache-httpclient-5.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ muzzle {
 
 dependencies {
   library("org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5:5.0")
+  // https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCORE-653
+  library("org.apache.httpcomponents.core5:httpcore5:5.0.3")
 }
 
 tasks {