diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b373cde8e..e94aa3965 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ and
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-      <version>1.17.2</version>
+      <version>1.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>