diff --git a/google-http-client/pom.xml b/google-http-client/pom.xml
index 16a8dd127..dee07fe64 100644
--- a/google-http-client/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
             <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>
               <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>io.opencensus:opencensus-impl</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
               <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>io.grpc:grpc-context</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
+              <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>commons-codec:commons-codec</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
             </ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
@@ -126,6 +127,10 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>