diff --git a/kernel/kernel-core/src/main/java/io/mosip/kernel/core/util/CryptoUtil.java b/kernel/kernel-core/src/main/java/io/mosip/kernel/core/util/CryptoUtil.java
index 558dcfebdd2..2205080681b 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel-core/src/main/java/io/mosip/kernel/core/util/CryptoUtil.java
+++ b/kernel/kernel-core/src/main/java/io/mosip/kernel/core/util/CryptoUtil.java
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 import static java.util.Arrays.copyOfRange;
 
-import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
+import java.util.Base64;
+
 import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Hex;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;
 
@@ -69,8 +70,9 @@ public static int getSplitterIndex(byte[] encryptedData, int keyDemiliterIndex,
 	 * @param data data to encode
 	 * @return encoded data
 	 */
+	@Deprecated(since = "1.1.5.5", forRemoval = true)
 	public static String encodeBase64(byte[] data) {
-		return Base64.encodeBase64URLSafeString(data);
+		return Base64.getUrlEncoder().encodeToString(data);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -79,8 +81,9 @@ public static String encodeBase64(byte[] data) {
 	 * @param data data to encode
 	 * @return encoded data
 	 */
+	@Deprecated(since = "1.1.5.5", forRemoval = true)
 	public static String encodeBase64String(byte[] data) {
-		return Base64.encodeBase64String(data);
+		return Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(data);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -89,8 +92,49 @@ public static String encodeBase64String(byte[] data) {
 	 * @param data data to decode
 	 * @return decoded data
 	 */
+	/*
+	 * This impl was a upgrade from apache coded to java 8 as apache has a single
+	 * decoder for decoding both url safe and standard base64 encoding but java 8
+	 * has two decoders we are follwing this approach.
+	 */
+	@Deprecated(since = "1.1.5.5", forRemoval = true)
 	public static byte[] decodeBase64(String data) {
-		return Base64.decodeBase64(data);
+		if (EmptyCheckUtils.isNullEmpty(data)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		try {
+			return Base64.getUrlDecoder().decode(data);
+		} catch (IllegalArgumentException exception) {
+			return Base64.getDecoder().decode(data);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static String encodeToURLSafeBase64(byte[] data) {
+		if (EmptyCheckUtils.isNullEmpty(data)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		return Base64.getUrlEncoder().encodeToString(data);
+	}
+
+	public static byte[] decodeURLSafeBase64(String data) {
+		if (EmptyCheckUtils.isNullEmpty(data)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		return Base64.getUrlDecoder().decode(data);
+	}
+
+	public static String encodeToPlainBase64(byte[] data) {
+		if (EmptyCheckUtils.isNullEmpty(data)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		return Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(data);
+	}
+
+	public static byte[] decodePlainBase64(String data) {
+		if (EmptyCheckUtils.isNullEmpty(data)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		return Base64.getDecoder().decode(data);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/kernel/kernel-core/src/main/java/io/mosip/kernel/core/util/EmptyCheckUtils.java b/kernel/kernel-core/src/main/java/io/mosip/kernel/core/util/EmptyCheckUtils.java
index 48f309a622e..0ec9e75d064 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel-core/src/main/java/io/mosip/kernel/core/util/EmptyCheckUtils.java
+++ b/kernel/kernel-core/src/main/java/io/mosip/kernel/core/util/EmptyCheckUtils.java
@@ -49,6 +49,17 @@ public static boolean isNullEmpty(Collection<?> collection) {
 		return collection == null || collection.isEmpty();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * This method is used to check given <code>byte[]</code> is null or is Empty.
+	 * 
+	 * @param array of type byte.
+	 * @return true if given <code>byte[]</code> is null or does not contains any
+	 *         element inside it.
+	 */
+	public static boolean isNullEmpty(byte[] array) {
+		return array == null || array.length == 0;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * This method is used to check given <code>map</code> is null or is Empty.
 	 *