diff --git a/acceptance-tests/build.gradle b/acceptance-tests/build.gradle
index cba1230..fabab8f 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/build.gradle
+++ b/acceptance-tests/build.gradle
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dependencies {
                        "io.cucumber:cucumber-junit:${dependencyVersions.cucumber_version}",
                        "org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java:${dependencyVersions.selenium_java_version}",
                        "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:${dependencyVersions.junit_version}",
-                       "commons-codec:commons-codec:1.20.0"
+                       "commons-codec:commons-codec:1.22.0"
 
     testImplementation group: 'org.json', name: 'json', version:"${dependencyVersions.json_version}"