diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 286ef4854..5143cd4ab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.20.0</version>
+      <version>3.21.0</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <reporting>