diff --git a/providers/flagd/pom.xml b/providers/flagd/pom.xml
index 6568ba387..af640c2e3 100644
--- a/providers/flagd/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/flagd/pom.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.16.1</version>
+            <version>1.17.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>