diff --git a/jbehave-core/pom.xml b/jbehave-core/pom.xml
index 1da9ca18e..530020daa 100644
--- a/jbehave-core/pom.xml
+++ b/jbehave-core/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.12.0</version>
+      <version>3.13.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>