diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3bfd02e27..fff40fde5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
         <version.com.sun.codemodel>2.6</version.com.sun.codemodel>
         <version.commons-beanutils>1.9.4</version.commons-beanutils>
         <version.commons-cli>1.5.0</version.commons-cli>
-        <version.commons-codec>1.15</version.commons-codec>
+        <version.commons-codec>1.16.0</version.commons-codec>
         <version.commons-dbcp>1.4</version.commons-dbcp>
         <version.commons-io>2.13.0</version.commons-io>
         <version.commons-lang>2.6</version.commons-lang>