diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b33061bb8..4183e9632 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <project.google.http.version>1.39.2</project.google.http.version>
+    <project.google.http.version>1.40.0</project.google.http.version>
     <project.junit.version>4.13.2</project.junit.version>
     <project.guava.version>31.0.1-android</project.guava.version>
     <project.appengine.version>1.9.91</project.appengine.version>