diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 468976b5fb0..73eb9c4960a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         <commons-exec.version>1.3</commons-exec.version>
         <commons-collections.version>4.4</commons-collections.version>
         <commons-fileupload.version>1.5</commons-fileupload.version>
-        <commons-codec.version>1.15</commons-codec.version>
+        <commons-codec.version>1.17.1</commons-codec.version>
         <commons-text.version>1.11.0</commons-text.version>
         <commons-cli.version>1.4</commons-cli.version>
         <curator.version>5.7.1</curator.version>