diff --git a/latka/project.xml b/latka/project.xml
index c7fc0e60..88214513 100644
--- a/latka/project.xml
+++ b/latka/project.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0alpha1-20020829</version>
+      <version>2.0-rc1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>jaxen</groupId>