diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index da01b73966..33ac92d7d9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
     <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>