diff --git a/bom/build.gradle b/bom/build.gradle
index b3ea781fd6..d614b60d92 100644
--- a/bom/build.gradle
+++ b/bom/build.gradle
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ext {
     classmateVersion = '1.5.1'
     collections4Version = '4.4'
     // TODO: Version 1.17.0 breaks XTDB because of a change in lucene's library names
-    commonscodecVersion = '1.16.0'
+    commonscodecVersion = '1.21.0'
     commonsconfiguration2Version = '2.10.1'
     commonsconfigurationVersion = '1.10'