diff --git a/dependencies.gradle b/dependencies.gradle
index 2e6694d4e34..57b89bbbb8c 100644
--- a/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/dependencies.gradle
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ ext {
   apacheCommonsLangVersion = '3.8.1'
   apacheCommonsTextVersion = '1.10.0'
   apacheCommonsValidatorVersion = '1.6'
-  commonsCodecVersion = '1.17.2'
+  commonsCodecVersion = '1.18.0'
   commonsCollections4Version = '4.4'
   guavaVersion = '33.4.0-jre'
   byteBuddyVersion = '1.16.1'
diff --git a/redbeams-api/build.gradle b/redbeams-api/build.gradle
index 7ba2395724a..3fc973610ca 100644
--- a/redbeams-api/build.gradle
+++ b/redbeams-api/build.gradle
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jar {
 dependencies {
   implementation group: 'org.slf4j',                     name: 'slf4j-api',                      version: slf4jApiVersion
   implementation group: 'org.glassfish.jersey.media',    name: 'jersey-media-multipart',         version: jerseyCoreVersion
-  implementation group: 'commons-codec',                 name: 'commons-codec',                  version: '1.17.2'
+  implementation group: 'commons-codec',                 name: 'commons-codec',                  version: '1.18.0'
   implementation group: 'io.swagger.core.v3',            name: 'swagger-jaxrs2-jakarta',         version: swaggerCoreVersion
 
   implementation group: 'net.jodah',                     name: 'expiringmap',                    version: '0.5.11'