diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 047ebaa2a7..4515b5967b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-      <version>1.15</version>
+      <version>1.16.0</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 20d4a5a270..a42813f1ad 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
       Bump maven-pmd-plugin from 3.12.0 to 3.19.0 #167, #196, #253, #311, #334.
     </action>
     <action type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">
-      Bump optional commons-codec from 1.14 to 1.15.
+      Bump optional commons-codec:commons-codec from 1.14 to 1.16.0.
     </action>
     <action type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot">
       Bump commons.junit.version from 5.6.2 to 5.8.2 #181 #213 #236 #252 #254 #268.