diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index b304cfa..e3af2c1 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
 
 maven_jar(
     name = "commons-codec",
-    artifact = "commons-codec:commons-codec:1.15",
-    sha1 = "49d94806b6e3dc933dacbd8acb0fdbab8ebd1e5d",
+    artifact = "commons-codec:commons-codec:1.16.0",
+    sha1 = "4e3eb3d79888d76b54e28b350915b5dc3919c9de",
 )
 
 maven_jar(