diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 941e98f..6a3d191 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
             <version>2.1</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+            <version>1.17.0</version>
+       </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>