diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ab5c49d..1c3b1cd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-                <version>3.15.0</version>
+                <version>3.16.0</version>
             </dependency>
 
         </dependencies>