diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4f74ea263..79b596ea1 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ allprojects  {
             dependency "io.swagger:swagger-annotations:1.6.1"
             dependency "javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:1.3.2"
             dependency "com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2"
-            dependency "commons-codec:commons-codec:1.14"
+            dependency "commons-codec:commons-codec:1.15"
 
             dependency ('org.flywaydb:flyway-core:7.0.0') {
                 // https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FINERACT-1172