diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 374e073..93a296f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-        <version>3.15.0</version>
+        <version>3.16.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>