diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index c4dc1bf63e..04b93c4815 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4</version>
+        <version>1.11</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-net</groupId>