diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7f090a408..43fb4e9ae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-      <version>1.15</version>
+      <version>1.16.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>