diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d832c4b..43b1da3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.12.0</version>
+      <version>3.16.0</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>