diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 76ac74f730..864f776af2 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ subprojects {
 
     ext {
         bouncyCastleVersion = '1.75'
-        commonsCodecVersion = '1.15'
+        commonsCodecVersion = '1.16.0'
         commonsCompressVersion = '1.23.0'
         commonsIoVersion = '2.13.0'
         commonsMathVersion = '3.6.1'
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index dbc3f6a164..85f43320fe 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ under the License.
 
 
     <!-- jars in the /lib directory, see the fetch-jars target-->
-    <dependency prefix="main.commons-codec" artifact="commons-codec:commons-codec:1.15" usage="main"/>
+    <dependency prefix="main.commons-codec" artifact="commons-codec:commons-codec:1.16.0" usage="main"/>
     <dependency prefix="main.commons-collections4" artifact="org.apache.commons:commons-collections4:4.4" usage="main"/>
     <dependency prefix="main.commons-math3" artifact="org.apache.commons:commons-math3:3.6.1" usage="main"/>
     <dependency prefix="main.commons-io" artifact="commons-io:commons-io:2.13.0" usage="main"/>