diff --git a/agent/pom.xml b/agent/pom.xml
index 6fe8717be05..614fc5e2d56 100644
--- a/agent/pom.xml
+++ b/agent/pom.xml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.17.1</version>
+            <version>1.17.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>