diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 071c847af..7fa744794 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.20.0</version>
+      <version>3.21.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>