diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cf55d679..4aad9e89 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-                <version>1.15</version>
+                <version>1.16.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>