diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 83ff0b733..64a9035a7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-                <version>1.15</version>
+                <version>1.16.0</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>