diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a0dea692..b2ec5c3d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.15.0</version>
+      <version>3.16.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
           <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-          <version>3.15.0</version>
+          <version>3.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>