diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 16439dbaf..92d85d34e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
     <httpcore.version>5.0-beta9</httpcore.version>
     <log4j.version>2.9.1</log4j.version>
-    <commons-codec.version>1.12</commons-codec.version>
+    <commons-codec.version>1.13</commons-codec.version>
     <conscrypt.version>1.4.1</conscrypt.version>
     <ehcache.version>3.4.0</ehcache.version>
     <memcached.version>2.12.3</memcached.version>