diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0b5c765eb..81cb32541 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
         <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
         <jackson.version>2.21.0</jackson.version>
         <javax.servlet.version>6.1.0</javax.servlet.version>
-        <commons.codec.version>1.20.0</commons.codec.version>
+        <commons.codec.version>1.21.0</commons.codec.version>
         <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
         <xmlsec.version>1.3.0</xmlsec.version>
         <bouncycastle.version>1.83</bouncycastle.version>