diff --git a/api.tests/pom.xml b/api.tests/pom.xml
index fa25abac..3a588ba5 100644
--- a/api.tests/pom.xml
+++ b/api.tests/pom.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 										</goals>
 									</pluginExecutionFilter>
 									<action>
-										<ignore></ignore>
+										<ignore/>
 									</action>
 								</pluginExecution>
 							</pluginExecutions>
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
 			<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-			<version>4.4.1</version>
+			<version>4.5.13</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-configuration</groupId>