diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6a5703fec9ee8daeb7b09823fce8ba8be5fc6d4e..073fd53df1db99260efb23e7ecde16d44fdbf1bc 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.16.0</version>
+            <version>1.17.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>