diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ddc0c5a082bc32c481bd18c277808e0f256fbe75..232e6557457743efcd3f61a61c4e17541acfc54e 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.15</version>
+            <version>1.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>