diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 02f98592..e6423551 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-                <version>1.17.2</version>
+                <version>1.18.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>