diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f973cd7fdc9..32135cdffab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@
     <!-- end HBASE-15925 default hadoop compatibility values -->
     <avro.version>1.7.7</avro.version>
     <commons-cli.version>1.4</commons-cli.version>
-    <commons-codec.version>1.9</commons-codec.version>
+    <commons-codec.version>1.10</commons-codec.version>
     <!-- pretty outdated -->
     <commons-io.version>2.5</commons-io.version>
     <commons-lang.version>2.6</commons-lang.version>