diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 57f43820e78e6c0e847f7f2a5b929859e61fa8b0..87535a15e18a7505ee25faed53702046a2741f2b 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.16.0</version>
+            <version>1.17.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>