diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3b9616d..b5addd3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.asynchttpclient</groupId>
             <artifactId>async-http-client</artifactId>
-            <version>2.12.4</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>