diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7f32cff0..172f95d5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
         <!-- Temp work-around until httpclient upgrades its codec version -->
         <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-        <version>1.16.1</version>
+        <version>1.17.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>