diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dff13c2d7..d89e17605 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-        <version>3.8.1</version>
+        <version>3.12.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>