diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 43fdd104c2..63769d0b50 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>1.13</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>