diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9aec61e3a..813a6f45c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation group: 'org.apache.kafka', name: 'kafka-streams', version: kafkaVersion
     testImplementation group: "io.confluent", name: "kafka-streams-avro-serde", version: confluentVersion
     testImplementation "io.confluent:kafka-connect-avro-converter:" + confluentVersion
-    testImplementation group: 'commons-codec', name: 'commons-codec', version: '1.17.2'
+    testImplementation group: 'commons-codec', name: 'commons-codec', version: '1.18.0'
     testImplementation 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest:3.0'
     testImplementation 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest-library:3.0'
     testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-junit-jupiter'