diff --git a/agent/pom.xml b/agent/pom.xml
index cb50517f016..22082d6464c 100644
--- a/agent/pom.xml
+++ b/agent/pom.xml
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.21.0</version>
+            <version>1.22.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>