diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ee631e62f..0d695be19 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.13</version>
+            <version>1.17.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>