diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9dd7a211a..953671d3f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -203,6 +203,11 @@
         <artifactId>google-api-client-xml</artifactId>
         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+        <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.commons-codec.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
 
       <!-- See README.md about installing this jar -->
       <dependency>
@@ -496,6 +501,7 @@
     <project.http.version>1.42.3</project.http.version>
     <project.httpcore.version>4.4.15</project.httpcore.version>
     <project.httpclient.version>4.5.13</project.httpclient.version>
+    <project.commons-codec.version>1.15</project.commons-codec.version>
     <project.oauth.version>1.34.1</project.oauth.version>
     <project.jsr305.version>3.0.2</project.jsr305.version>
     <project.gson.version>2.8.6</project.gson.version>