diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4d0adc1..5b65008 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.15</version>
+            <version>1.16.1</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>