diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 035949355e7..853b93b8fe1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.10</version>
+            <version>1.13</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>