diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-networking-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-networking-2/pom.xml
index c3a5891066f0..b1fe265f87db 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-networking-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-networking-2/pom.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@
     <properties>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.9</httpclient.version>
         <javax.mail.version>1.5.0-b01</javax.mail.version>
-        <async-http-client.version>2.4.5</async-http-client.version>
+        <async-http-client.version>3.0.5</async-http-client.version>
     </properties>
 </project>