diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 307a22ea0..3b6d8ed80 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ okhttp-mockwebserver = { module = "com.squareup.okhttp3:mockwebserver", version.
 
 spark = { module = "com.sparkjava:spark-core", version = "2.9.4" }
 jcommander = { module = "com.beust:jcommander", version = "1.82" }
-commonsCodec = { module = "commons-codec:commons-codec", version = "1.20.0" }
+commonsCodec = { module = "commons-codec:commons-codec", version = "1.21.0" }
 commonsLang = { module = "org.apache.commons:commons-lang3", version = "3.20.0" }
 commonsIo = { module = "commons-io:commons-io", version = "2.21.0" }
 slf4j-api = { module = "org.slf4j:slf4j-api", version = "2.0.17" }