diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f72d385728..a1a615919b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ subprojects {
 
     ext {
         bouncyCastleVersion = '1.81'
-        commonsCodecVersion = '1.18.0'
+        commonsCodecVersion = '1.19.0'
         commonsCompressVersion = '1.27.1'
         commonsIoVersion = '2.20.0'
         commonsMathVersion = '3.6.1'
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 565891b6b8..ad71e34971 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:1.18.0" usage="main"/>
+    <dependency prefix="main.commons-codec" artifact="commons-codec:commons-codec:1.19.0" usage="main"/>
     <dependency prefix="main.commons-collections4" artifact="org.apache.commons:commons-collections4:4.5.0" 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:2.20.0" usage="main"/>
diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
index c137381f78..d7fdc8b81c 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@
     <release version="5.4.2" date="2025-??-??">
         <summary>
             <summary-item>Upgrade batik dependency to 1.19</summary-item>
-            <summary-item>Upgrade bouncycastle dependency to 1.80</summary-item>
+            <summary-item>Upgrade bouncycastle dependency to 1.81</summary-item>
+            <summary-item>Upgrade commons-codec dependency to 1.19.0</summary-item>
             <summary-item>Upgrade commons-collections4 dependency to 4.5.0</summary-item>
             <summary-item>Upgrade commons-io dependency to 2.20.0</summary-item>
             <summary-item>Upgrade pdfbox dependency to 3.0.5</summary-item>