diff --git a/hopsworks-ca/pom.xml b/hopsworks-ca/pom.xml
index a31ceb60e2..28ea25743e 100644
--- a/hopsworks-ca/pom.xml
+++ b/hopsworks-ca/pom.xml
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.hops.hopsworks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hopsworks-rest-utils</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.hops.hopsworks</groupId>
@@ -123,6 +129,12 @@
       <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+      <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-codec/commons-codec -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+      <version>1.16.0</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>