diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2efa14d5..0cca321f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     <!--Littleproxy logging is done through SL4J and thus Log4j: -->
     <version.log4j>2.22.0</version.log4j>
     <version.javassist>3.30.2-GA</version.javassist>
-    <version.httpcore>5.2.3</version.httpcore>
+    <version.httpcore>5.3</version.httpcore>
 
     <!-- Tests -->
     <version.junit>4.13.2</version.junit>