diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8e4a10b790..910287abf0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -398,6 +398,14 @@
         <version>1.1.1</version>
       </dependency>
 
+      <!-- utils -->
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+        <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+        <version>1.13</version>
+      </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
diff --git a/scm-webapp/pom.xml b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
index 73431b780e..ccc642e36d 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>