diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3f0e4f2228..e8b60aff0c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <!-- dependencies -->
     <antlr.version>4.13.2</antlr.version>
     <caffeine.version>3.2.3</caffeine.version>
-    <commons.codec.version>1.20.0</commons.codec.version>
+    <commons.codec.version>1.21.0</commons.codec.version>
     <commons.cli.version>1.11.0</commons.cli.version>
     <commons.io.version>2.21.0</commons.io.version>
     <commons.rdf.version>0.5.0</commons.rdf.version>