diff --git a/bin/create b/bin/create
index b8ab39e8..de06cc72 100755
--- a/bin/create
+++ b/bin/create
@@ -94,14 +94,14 @@ then
 # update the cordova-android framework for the desired target
     $ANDROID_BIN update project --target $TARGET --path "$BUILD_PATH"/framework &> /dev/null
 
-    if [ ! -e "$BUILD_PATH"/framework/libs/commons-codec-1.6.jar ]; then
+    if [ ! -e "$BUILD_PATH"/framework/libs/commons-codec-1.7.jar ]; then
         # Use curl to get the jar (TODO: Support Apache Mirrors)
-        curl -OL http://mirror.symnds.com/software/Apache//commons/codec/binaries/commons-codec-1.6-bin.zip &> /dev/null
-        unzip commons-codec-1.6-bin.zip &> /dev/null
+        curl -OL http://apache.osuosl.org/commons/codec/binaries/commons-codec-1.7-bin.zip &> /dev/null
+        unzip commons-codec-1.7-bin.zip &> /dev/null
         mkdir -p "$BUILD_PATH"/framework/libs
-        cp commons-codec-1.6/commons-codec-1.6.jar "$BUILD_PATH"/framework/libs
+        cp commons-codec-1.7/commons-codec-1.7.jar "$BUILD_PATH"/framework/libs
         # cleanup yo
-        rm commons-codec-1.6-bin.zip && rm -rf commons-codec-1.6
+        rm commons-codec-1.7-bin.zip && rm -rf commons-codec-1.7
     fi
 
 # compile cordova.js and cordova.jar
diff --git a/bin/create.js b/bin/create.js
index e0886f69..d08585d9 100644
--- a/bin/create.js
+++ b/bin/create.js
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ function cleanup() {
 }
 
 function downloadCommonsCodec() {
-    if (!fso.FileExists(ROOT + '\\framework\\libs\\commons-codec-1.6.jar')) {
+    if (!fso.FileExists(ROOT + '\\framework\\libs\\commons-codec-1.7.jar')) {
       // We need the .jar
-      var url = 'http://mirror.symnds.com/software/Apache//commons/codec/binaries/commons-codec-1.6-bin.zip';
+      var url = 'http://apache.osuosl.org/commons/codec/binaries/commons-codec-1.7-bin.zip';
       var libsPath = ROOT + '\\framework\\libs';
-      var savePath = libsPath + '\\commons-codec-1.6-bin.zip';
+      var savePath = libsPath + '\\commons-codec-1.7-bin.zip';
       if (!fso.FileExists(savePath)) {
         if(!fso.FolderExists(ROOT + '\\framework\\libs')) {
             fso.CreateFolder(libsPath);
@@ -94,16 +94,16 @@ function downloadCommonsCodec() {
         }
       }
       var app = WScript.CreateObject('Shell.Application');
-      var source = app.NameSpace(savePath).Items();
+      var ource = app.NameSpace(savePath).Items();
       var target = app.NameSpace(ROOT + '\\framework\\libs');
       target.CopyHere(source, 256);
       
       // Move the jar into libs
-      fso.MoveFile(ROOT + '\\framework\\libs\\commons-codec-1.6\\commons-codec-1.6.jar', ROOT + '\\framework\\libs\\commons-codec-1.6.jar');
+      fso.MoveFile(ROOT + '\\framework\\libs\\commons-codec-1.6\\commons-codec-1.7.jar', ROOT + '\\framework\\libs\\commons-codec-1.7.jar');
       
       // Clean up
-      fso.DeleteFile(ROOT + '\\framework\\libs\\commons-codec-1.6-bin.zip');
-      fso.DeleteFolder(ROOT + '\\framework\\libs\\commons-codec-1.6', true);
+      fso.DeleteFile(ROOT + '\\framework\\libs\\commons-codec-1.7-bin.zip');
+      fso.DeleteFolder(ROOT + '\\framework\\libs\\commons-codec-1.7', true);
     }
 }