diff --git a/azure-spring-boot-starters/azure-storage-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml b/azure-spring-boot-starters/azure-storage-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
index c0bdea612..fc07ab3af 100644
--- a/azure-spring-boot-starters/azure-storage-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/azure-spring-boot-starters/azure-storage-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
@@ -34,5 +34,9 @@
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
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diff --git a/azure-spring-boot/pom.xml b/azure-spring-boot/pom.xml
index 2150decea..e3e8e1af7 100644
--- a/azure-spring-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/azure-spring-boot/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
+
         <!--Cloud Foundry support-->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>