diff --git a/docs/changelog/138589.yaml b/docs/changelog/138589.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..490d04b2f2287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/138589.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pr: 138589
+summary: Upgrading commons-lang3 version for repository-hdfs plugin
+area: Snapshot/Restore
+type: upgrade
+issues: []
diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index 4fd3ee12302a8..c76a6c71d4200 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -2160,11 +2160,6 @@
             <sha256 value="ef368c9fa003963da78399b8f5a41ddfbef6b206f505f52293005730d87e7295" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
-      <component group="org.apache.commons" name="commons-lang3" version="3.11">
-         <artifact name="commons-lang3-3.11.jar">
-            <sha256 value="4ee380259c068d1dbe9e84ab52186f2acd65de067ec09beff731fca1697fdb16" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
-         </artifact>
-      </component>
       <component group="org.apache.commons" name="commons-lang3" version="3.14.0">
          <artifact name="commons-lang3-3.14.0.jar">
             <sha256 value="7b96bf3ee68949abb5bc465559ac270e0551596fa34523fddf890ec418dde13c" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
@@ -2175,6 +2170,11 @@
             <sha256 value="4eeeae8d20c078abb64b015ec158add383ac581571cddc45c68f0c9ae0230720" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
+      <component group="org.apache.commons" name="commons-lang3" version="3.20.0">
+         <artifact name="commons-lang3-3.20.0.jar">
+            <sha256 value="69e5c9fa35da7a51a5fd2099dfe56a2d8d32cf233e2f6d770e796146440263f4" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+      </component>
       <component group="org.apache.commons" name="commons-lang3" version="3.7">
          <artifact name="commons-lang3-3.7.jar">
             <sha256 value="6e8dc31e046508d9953c96534edf0c2e0bfe6f468966b5b842b3f87e43b6a847" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
index 6436dd2969d6d..3006f8fb6bdf1 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ dependencies {
   api 'commons-cli:commons-cli:1.5.0'
   api "commons-codec:commons-codec:${versions.commonscodec}"
   api 'commons-io:commons-io:2.16.1'
-  api 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.11'
+  api 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.20.0'
   api 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.1.0'
   api "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${versions.slf4j}"
   runtimeOnly "org.slf4j:slf4j-nop:${versions.slf4j}"