diff --git a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
index a06324720..de1c7e24e 100644
--- a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
+++ b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-                <version>1.15</version>
+                <version>1.16.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.mvel</groupId>