diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b559a7e9..8fb216cd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ under the License.
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-        <version>3.14.0</version>
+        <version>3.16.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-io</groupId>