diff --git a/traffic_router/core/pom.xml b/traffic_router/core/pom.xml
index d6ee944238..8105aced05 100644
--- a/traffic_router/core/pom.xml
+++ b/traffic_router/core/pom.xml
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.asynchttpclient</groupId>
 			<artifactId>async-http-client</artifactId>
-			<version>2.12.3</version>
+			<version>3.0.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>