diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7f10b87..8901e4a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 		<dependency>
             <groupId>com.ning</groupId>
             <artifactId>async-http-client</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.17</version>
+            <version>1.9.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.tokbox</groupId>