diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a600d15..b3b51b3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.11</version>
+            <version>1.19.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Commons Logging -->