diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a54db5b6b..2d9c9cd00 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-                <version>1.15</version>
+                <version>1.21.0</version>
              </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>joda-time</groupId>