diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 781fe9fd..22260b65 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.15</version>
+            <version>1.16.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>