diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 666840b6..db577d66 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
         <bcel.version>6.9.0</bcel.version>
         <beanutils.version>1.9.4</beanutils.version>
         <chain.version>1.2</chain.version>
-        <codec.version>1.16.1</codec.version>
+        <codec.version>1.17.0</codec.version>
         <collections.version>3.2.2</collections.version>
         <digester.version>2.1</digester.version>
         <gson.version>2.10.1</gson.version>