diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fa959ff..e1abe01 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-      <version>1.15</version>
+      <version>1.18.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>