diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3f5cf7ac3..92cbf658e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-                <version>1.12</version>
+                <version>1.13</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>