diff --git a/httpclient/pom.xml b/httpclient/pom.xml
index be8440f126..bb9bda23ba 100644
--- a/httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.baeldung</groupId>
 	<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
@@ -36,11 +35,11 @@
 				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-			<artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
-			<version>${httpcore.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
+		<!-- <dependency> -->
+		<!-- <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId> -->
+		<!-- <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId> -->
+		<!-- <version>${httpcore.version}</version> -->
+		<!-- </dependency> -->
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
@@ -61,9 +60,9 @@
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
-		  <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-		  <artifactId>httpasyncclient</artifactId>
-		  <version>4.1-beta1</version>
+			<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+			<artifactId>httpasyncclient</artifactId>
+			<version>4.1-beta1</version> <!-- 4.0.2 --> <!-- 4.1-beta1 -->
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- logging -->
@@ -179,7 +178,7 @@
 		<mockito.version>1.10.8</mockito.version>
 
 		<httpcore.version>4.3.3</httpcore.version>
-		<httpclient.version>4.3.6</httpclient.version>
+		<httpclient.version>4.4-beta1</httpclient.version> <!-- 4.3.6 --> <!-- 4.4-beta1 -->
 
 		<rest-assured.version>2.4.0</rest-assured.version>
 
diff --git a/httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/httpclient/HttpAsyncClientTest.java b/httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/httpclient/HttpAsyncClientTest.java
index beb826850b..151ed10f37 100644
--- a/httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/httpclient/HttpAsyncClientTest.java
+++ b/httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/httpclient/HttpAsyncClientTest.java
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ package org.baeldung.httpclient;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
@@ -44,14 +46,17 @@ public class HttpAsyncClientTest {
     private static final String COOKIE_DOMAIN = ".yuilibrary.com"; // ".github.com";
     private static final String COOKIE_NAME = "example"; // "JSESSIONID";
 
+    // tests
 
     @Test
-    public void whenUseHttpAsyncClient_thenCorrect() throws Exception {
+    public void whenUseHttpAsyncClient_thenCorrect() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException, IOException {
         final CloseableHttpAsyncClient client = HttpAsyncClients.createDefault();
-        client.start();
+        // client.start();
         final HttpGet request = new HttpGet(HOST);
+
         final Future<HttpResponse> future = client.execute(request, null);
         final HttpResponse response = future.get();
+
         assertThat(response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode(), equalTo(200));
         client.close();
     }
@@ -114,7 +119,6 @@ public class HttpAsyncClientTest {
         client.close();
     }
 
-
     @Test
     public void whenUseCookiesWithHttpAsyncClient_thenCorrect() throws Exception {
         final BasicCookieStore cookieStore = new BasicCookieStore();
@@ -138,8 +142,8 @@ public class HttpAsyncClientTest {
     @Test
     public void whenUseAuthenticationWithHttpAsyncClient_thenCorrect() throws Exception {
         final CredentialsProvider provider = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
-        final UsernamePasswordCredentials credentials = new UsernamePasswordCredentials(DEFAULT_USER, DEFAULT_PASS);
-        provider.setCredentials(AuthScope.ANY, credentials);
+        final UsernamePasswordCredentials creds = new UsernamePasswordCredentials(DEFAULT_USER, DEFAULT_PASS);
+        provider.setCredentials(AuthScope.ANY, creds);
         final CloseableHttpAsyncClient client = HttpAsyncClients.custom().setDefaultCredentialsProvider(provider).build();
 
         final HttpGet request = new HttpGet(URL_SECURED_BY_BASIC_AUTHENTICATION);
@@ -175,4 +179,3 @@ public class HttpAsyncClientTest {
 
     }
 }
-