diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 6e9105541c96..3b04632475c5 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ google-libraries-bom = "26.28.0"
 guava = "33.0.0-jre"
 hadoop2 = "2.7.3"
 hadoop3-client = "3.3.6"
-httpcomponents-httpclient5 = "5.3"
+httpcomponents-httpclient5 = "5.2.3"
 hive2 = { strictly = "2.3.9"} # see rich version usage explanation above
 hive3 = "3.1.3"
 immutables-value = "2.10.0"