diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 925023c..b75536c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.20.0</version>
+            <version>1.21.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>