diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f57325d79617c8fad7c09281a6758979d2fc8a0e..15f6046500fed74b221c61e5a22dd35602df3455 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.15</version>
+            <version>1.17.2</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>