diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index a15d611271..3865a7f449 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ object Dependencies {
       val bcpkix = "org.bouncycastle" % "bcpkix-jdk15on" % "1.70" % Test
       val commonsMath = "org.apache.commons" % "commons-math" % "2.2" % Test
       val commonsIo = "commons-io" % "commons-io" % "2.14.0" % Test
-      val commonsCodec = "commons-codec" % "commons-codec" % "1.15" % Test
+      val commonsCodec = "commons-codec" % "commons-codec" % "1.16.0" % Test
       val commonsCompress = "org.apache.commons" % "commons-compress" % "1.24.0" % Test
       val junit = "junit" % "junit" % junitVersion % Test
       val httpClient = "org.apache.httpcomponents" % "httpclient" % "4.5.14" % Test