diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7c99885e..8caf2b47 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly group: 'cd.go.plugin', name: 'go-plugin-api', version: '19.2.0'
     compile group: 'com.google.code.gson', name: 'gson', version: '2.8.5'
     compile group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'guava', version: '23.0'
-    compile group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version: '3.8.1'
+    compile group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version: '3.9'
     compile group: 'commons-io', name: 'commons-io', version: '2.6'
     compile group: 'joda-time', name: 'joda-time', version: '2.10.2'
     compile group: 'io.fabric8', name: 'kubernetes-client', version: '3.1.8'