diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index f5ccae2a..420b45ff 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ object Dependencies {
     "com.google.protobuf" % "protobuf-java" % "3.25.3", // use the same version as in scalapb
     ("io.confluent" % "kafka-avro-serializer" % confluentAvroSerializerVersion % Test).excludeAll(
       confluentLibsExclusionRules: _*),
+    "commons-codec" % "commons-codec" % "1.17.0" % Test,
     "jakarta.ws.rs" % "jakarta.ws.rs-api" % "4.0.0" % Test,
     "org.testcontainers" % "kafka" % testcontainersVersion % Test,
     "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % scalaTestVersion % Test,
diff --git a/project/Versions.scala b/project/Versions.scala
index 74e05447..3bc814a1 100644
--- a/project/Versions.scala
+++ b/project/Versions.scala
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ object Versions {
   // this depends on Kafka, and should be upgraded to such latest version
   // that depends on the same Kafka version, as is defined above
   // See https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.confluent/kafka-avro-serializer?repo=confluent-packages
-  val confluentAvroSerializerVersion = "7.0.13"
+  val confluentAvroSerializerVersion = "7.0.14"
   val confluentLibsExclusionRules = Seq(
     ExclusionRule("log4j", "log4j"),
     ExclusionRule("org.slf4j", "slf4j-log4j12"),