diff --git a/artemis-rest/pom.xml b/artemis-rest/pom.xml
index af8fb3dfba..3def47adbf 100644
--- a/artemis-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-rest/pom.xml
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
          <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-         <version>1.13</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3577ee6aab..cfd3b922ac 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
       <commons.collections.version>3.2.2</commons.collections.version>
       <commons.text.version>1.8</commons.text.version>
       <commons.io.version>2.10.0</commons.io.version>
+      <commons.codec.version>1.15</commons.codec.version>
       <fuse.mqtt.client.version>1.16</fuse.mqtt.client.version>
       <guava.version>30.1-jre</guava.version>
       <jboss.logging.version>3.4.2.Final</jboss.logging.version>
@@ -700,6 +701,12 @@
             <version>${resteasy.version}</version>
             <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
          </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons.codec.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
 
          <!-- ## Jetty web Dependencies ##-->
          <dependency>