diff --git a/assembly/pom.xml b/assembly/pom.xml
index 2b90278de43..71a2f7e1f24 100644
--- a/assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/assembly/pom.xml
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
     <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>