diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 060b747b..380ad78e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-        <version>1.15</version>
+        <version>1.17.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>