diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fcfefdf48e..56abf3be69 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
         <cas.client.core.version>3.2.2</cas.client.core.version>
         <commons.beanutils.version>1.9.4</commons.beanutils.version>
         <commons.cli.version>1.6.0</commons.cli.version>
-        <commons.codec.version>1.15</commons.codec.version>
+        <commons.codec.version>1.16.0</commons.codec.version>
         <commons.collection.version>3.2.2</commons.collection.version>
         <commons.configuration2.version>2.9.0</commons.configuration2.version>
         <commons.lang3.version>3.12.0</commons.lang3.version>