diff --git a/scm-webapp/pom.xml b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
index f6f21431d6..d04ffa5d01 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8</version>
+      <version>1.9</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>