diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 02a7dcb3..aaec658c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.10</version>
+            <version>1.13</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>