diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 91e4b02630..59d5b4563e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.15</version>
+            <version>1.17.2</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.slf4j/slf4j-nop -->