diff --git a/.changes/next-release/feature-ApacheHTTPClient5-9937320.json b/.changes/next-release/feature-ApacheHTTPClient5-9937320.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d61cb27e012f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/next-release/feature-ApacheHTTPClient5-9937320.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "type": "feature",
+    "category": "Apache HTTP Client 5",
+    "contributor": "",
+    "description": "Upgrade httpcomponents.client5 to 5.6.2 to address CVE-2026-54428"
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a6f98e12a30a..134c4f07b4b1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
         <jre.version>1.8</jre.version>
         <httpcomponents.httpclient.version>4.5.13</httpcomponents.httpclient.version>
         <httpcomponents.httpcore.version>4.4.16</httpcomponents.httpcore.version>
-        <httpcomponents.client5.version>5.6.1</httpcomponents.client5.version>
+        <httpcomponents.client5.version>5.6.2</httpcomponents.client5.version>
         <httpcomponents.core5.version>5.4.3</httpcomponents.core5.version>
         <!-- Reactive Streams version -->
         <reactive-streams.version>1.0.4</reactive-streams.version>