diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 80536b3c..745ccd6c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@
   </scm>
 
   <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.jenkins.plugins</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang3-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.jenkins.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>plugin-util-api</artifactId>