diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ead8fccc50..8da4f67fb5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.12</version>
+            <version>1.13</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>