diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle b/buildSrc/build.gradle
index 1a95ecce3c8a8..4c9fab99fef21 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ dependencies {
 
   api localGroovy()
 
-  api 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.16.0'
+  api "commons-codec:commons-codec:${props.getProperty('commonscodec')}"
   api "org.apache.commons:commons-compress:${props.getProperty('commonscompress')}"
   api 'org.apache.ant:ant:1.10.14'
   api 'com.netflix.nebula:gradle-extra-configurations-plugin:10.0.0'