diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 80b652e45b..28b77f6717 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     <javaVersion>8</javaVersion>
     <mavenVersion>3.6.3</mavenVersion>
     <resolverVersion>1.4.1</resolverVersion>
-    <commonsLang3Version>3.14.0</commonsLang3Version>
+    <commonsLang3Version>3.16.0</commonsLang3Version>
     <commonsCompress>1.27.0</commonsCompress>
     <commonsIoVersion>2.16.1</commonsIoVersion>
     <plexus-java-version>1.2.0</plexus-java-version>