diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7f29e2f3f8..ffdbbf98f8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@
       <!-- this is basically for tests -->
       <netty-tcnative-version>2.0.54.Final</netty-tcnative-version>
       <proton.version>0.34.0</proton.version>
-      <resteasy.version>3.15.0.Final</resteasy.version>
       <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
       <log4j.version>2.19.0</log4j.version>
       <qpid.jms.version>1.7.0</qpid.jms.version>
@@ -718,6 +717,12 @@
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
             <version>${log4j.version}</version>
          </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons.codec.version}</version>
+            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
+         </dependency>
 
          <!-- ## Jetty web Dependencies ##-->
          <dependency>