diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2e6872c4b..1480aa595 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-                <version>1.10</version>
+                <version>1.11</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>