diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 502d47b29eaf9..8e04d6fd52f8a 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         <aws.encryption.sdk.version>1.3.2</aws.encryption.sdk.version>
         <commons.beanutils.bundle.version>1.9.2_1</commons.beanutils.bundle.version>
         <commons.beanutils.version>1.9.3</commons.beanutils.version>
-        <commons.codec.version>1.11</commons.codec.version>
+        <commons.codec.version>1.12</commons.codec.version>
         <commons.collections.version>3.2.2</commons.collections.version>
         <commons.lang.version>2.6</commons.lang.version>
         <cron4j.version>2.2.5</cron4j.version>