diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 021a4b8..f7bf7bf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	</developers>
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<log4j.version>2.7</log4j.version>
+		<log4j.version>2.8</log4j.version>
 	</properties>
 	<prerequisites>
 		<maven>3.3.0</maven>
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
 			<artifactId>fluent-hc</artifactId>
-			<version>4.5.2</version>
+			<version>4.5.3</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>