diff --git a/HIRS_AttestationCA/build.gradle b/HIRS_AttestationCA/build.gradle
index 7fbcbdeaf..4436ca812 100644
--- a/HIRS_AttestationCA/build.gradle
+++ b/HIRS_AttestationCA/build.gradle
@@ -33,9 +33,16 @@ dependencies {
     implementation libs.log4j.api
     implementation libs.log4j.core
     implementation libs.minimal.json
-    implementation libs.pci
+
+    // pull the pci dependency and ...
+    implementation(libs.pci) {
+        // replace the default apache http client transitive dependency
+        exclude group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', module: 'httpclient'
+    }
+    // with the non-vulnerable version of the apache http client dependency
+    implementation libs.apacheHttpClient
+
     implementation libs.protobuf.java
-    implementation libs.spring.data.jpa.datatables
     implementation libs.spring.boot.starter.data.jpa
     implementation libs.spring.retry
     implementation libs.spring.boot.starter.web
diff --git a/HIRS_AttestationCAPortal/build.gradle b/HIRS_AttestationCAPortal/build.gradle
index 914afa26e..b7acec467 100644
--- a/HIRS_AttestationCAPortal/build.gradle
+++ b/HIRS_AttestationCAPortal/build.gradle
@@ -49,7 +49,15 @@ dependencies {
     implementation libs.jakarta.xml
     implementation libs.log4j.spring.boot
     implementation libs.mariadb.java.client
-    implementation libs.pci
+
+    // pull the pci dependency and ...
+    implementation(libs.pci) {
+        // replace the default apache http client transitive dependency
+        exclude group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', module: 'httpclient'
+    }
+    // with the non-vulnerable version of the apache http client dependency
+    implementation libs.apacheHttpClient
+
     implementation libs.spring.boot.starter.web
     implementation libs.spring.boot.starter.validation
     implementation libs.spring.boot.starter.data.jpa
diff --git a/HIRS_Utils/build.gradle b/HIRS_Utils/build.gradle
index 8e3aae77a..26bcb752c 100644
--- a/HIRS_Utils/build.gradle
+++ b/HIRS_Utils/build.gradle
@@ -29,7 +29,15 @@ dependencies {
     implementation libs.log4j.core
     implementation libs.log4j.api
     implementation libs.minimal.json
-    implementation libs.pci
+
+    // pull the pci dependency and ...
+    implementation(libs.pci) {
+        // replace the default apache http client transitive dependency
+        exclude group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', module: 'httpclient'
+    }
+    // with the non-vulnerable version of the apache http client dependency
+    implementation libs.apacheHttpClient
+    
     implementation libs.slf4j.simple
 
     compileOnly libs.lombok
diff --git a/gradle/versions.toml b/gradle/versions.toml
index 05fa2f760..d441e33ae 100644
--- a/gradle/versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/versions.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [versions]
+apacheHttpClientVersion = "4.5.14"
 bouncyCastleVersion = "1.79"
 commonsCodecVersion = "1.17.1"
 commonsFileUploadVersion = "1.5"
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@ ospackageVersion = "11.2.0"
 pciVersion = "0.3"
 protobufJavaVersion = "4.28.3"
 springBootVersion = "3.0.1"
-springDataJpaDatatablesVersion = "6.0.1"
 springRetryVersion = "2.0.0"
 testngVersion = "7.10.2"
 tomcatVersion = "10.1.33"
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ springTestVersion = "6.0.8"
 spotBugAnnotationVersion = "4.8.6"
 
 [libraries]
+apacheHttpClient = { module = "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient", version.ref = "apacheHttpClientVersion" }
 bouncycastle = { module = "org.bouncycastle:bcmail-jdk15to18", version.ref = "bouncyCastleVersion" }
 commons-codec = { module = "commons-codec:commons-codec", version.ref = "commonsCodecVersion" }
 commons-fileupload = { module = "commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload", version.ref = "commonsFileUploadVersion" }
@@ -69,7 +70,6 @@ spring-boot-starter-log4j2 = { module = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-st
 spring-boot-starter-tomcat = { module = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-tomcat", version.ref = "springBootVersion" }
 spring-boot-starter-validation = { module = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation", version.ref = "springBootVersion" }
 spring-boot-starter-web = { module = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web", version.ref = "springBootVersion" }
-spring-data-jpa-datatables = { module = "com.github.darrachequesne:spring-data-jpa-datatables", version.ref = "springDataJpaDatatablesVersion" }
 spring-retry = { module = "org.springframework.retry:spring-retry", version.ref = "springRetryVersion" }
 tomcat-embed-jasper = { module = "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-jasper", version.ref = "tomcatVersion" }
 testng = { module = "org.testng:testng", version.ref = "testngVersion" }