diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 3362395..4cad523 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ dependencies {
     // Dependencies from old Matrix-java-sdk
     api 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.18.0'
     api 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:5.3.2'
-    api 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.19.0'
+    api 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.21.0'
 
     // ORMLite
     api 'com.j256.ormlite:ormlite-jdbc:6.1'