diff --git a/jans-bom/pom.xml b/jans-bom/pom.xml
index 254906e9db7..0337f47c35f 100644
--- a/jans-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/jans-bom/pom.xml
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
 				<artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-				<version>1.15</version>
+				<version>1.20.0</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>