diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 7df099bcb..9d8d36b00 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ object Dependencies {
     val coursier             = "2.1.5"
     val protocGen            = "0.9.6"
     val protobufRuntimeScala = "0.8.14"
-    val commonsCodec         = "1.15"
+    val commonsCodec         = "1.16.0"
 
     // For testing
     val annotationApi           = "1.3.2"