diff --git a/gytheio-content-handlers/pom.xml b/gytheio-content-handlers/pom.xml
index 30be1bdb..27809b48 100644
--- a/gytheio-content-handlers/pom.xml
+++ b/gytheio-content-handlers/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <properties>
         <dependency.http-client.version>4.5.14</dependency.http-client.version>
         <dependency.http-core.version>4.4.16</dependency.http-core.version>
-        <dependency.commons-codec.version>1.16.0</dependency.commons-codec.version>
+        <dependency.commons-codec.version>1.17.0</dependency.commons-codec.version>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>