diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ea08725bc..fe4059303 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.15</version> <!-- or the latest version -->
+            <version>1.17.1</version> <!-- or the latest version -->
         </dependency>
         <!-- Generated model annotations -->
         <dependency>