diff --git a/displaytag-examples/pom.xml b/displaytag-examples/pom.xml
index 80d7535f3..4a5613794 100644
--- a/displaytag-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/displaytag-examples/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.17.2</version>
+            <version>1.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
diff --git a/displaytag/pom.xml b/displaytag/pom.xml
index fe1faf75e..1bfb7521a 100644
--- a/displaytag/pom.xml
+++ b/displaytag/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.17.2</version>
+            <version>1.18.0</version>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>