diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 28ce1bb..ba43175 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-      <version>1.13</version>
+      <version>1.14</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>de.u-mass</groupId>