diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 68d5d204da..5b7bd49970 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-        <version>1.11</version>
+        <version>1.13</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>