diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8acab62..a7dc4c8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.11</version>
+            <version>1.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Commons Logging -->