diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 885a9c08..2b8bef63 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.17.0</version>
+            <version>1.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>