diff --git a/dgs-codegen/build.gradle b/dgs-codegen/build.gradle
index 8d1b46175..4a460e4a5 100644
--- a/dgs-codegen/build.gradle
+++ b/dgs-codegen/build.gradle
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web'
     implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jdbc'
     implementation 'org.postgresql:postgresql'
-    implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.17.0'
+    implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.19.0'
     implementation 'org.yaml:snakeyaml:2.4'
 
     //configure Lombok for compile java/ compile tests