diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a4247ff3..706d7471 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ dependencies {
 	implementation 'org.eclipse.collections:eclipse-collections:13.0.0'
 
 	implementation 'commons-io:commons-io:2.20.0' // I/O functionalities
-	implementation 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.19.0' // needed by commons-compress
+	implementation 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.20.0' // needed by commons-compress
 	implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-compress:1.28.0' // I/O functionalities
 
 	// testing