diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 77c0d1403..93c276a24 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.15</version> <!-- or the latest version -->
+            <version>1.18.0</version> <!-- or the latest version -->
         </dependency>
         <!-- Generated model annotations -->
         <dependency>