diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b6dcc86b0bd..1c82d9809a3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <bndlib.version>6.4.1</bndlib.version>
     <build-support.version>1.5</build-support.version>
     <checkstyle.version>10.6.0</checkstyle.version>
-    <commons-codec.version>1.15</commons-codec.version>
+    <commons-codec.version>1.16.0</commons-codec.version>
     <commons.compress.version>1.23.0</commons.compress.version>
     <commons.io.version>2.12.0</commons.io.version>
     <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>