diff --git a/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml b/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
index 8bc5d5f6..5ad46a1c 100644
--- a/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     <google.common-protos.version>2.5.0</google.common-protos.version>
     <google.core.version>2.1.1</google.core.version>
     <google.auth.version>1.1.0</google.auth.version>
-    <google.http-client.version>1.39.2</google.http-client.version>
+    <google.http-client.version>1.40.0</google.http-client.version>
     <google.oauth-client.version>1.32.1</google.oauth-client.version>
     <google.api-client.version>1.32.1</google.api-client.version>
     <iam.version>1.1.0</iam.version>