diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d8fe077b..e3709153 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.14</version>
+            <version>1.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.json</groupId>