diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-15/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-15/pom.xml
index df8aeafca9..3b0d324d10 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-15/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-15/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${apache-commons-lang3.version}</version>
+            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.release>15</maven.compiler.release>
-        <apache-commons-lang3.version>3.11</apache-commons-lang3.version>
         <assertj.version>3.17.2</assertj.version>
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.8.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <surefire.plugin.version>3.0.0-M3</surefire.plugin.version>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-9/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-9/pom.xml
index d7894934b1..05dc8ba5eb 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-9/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-9/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.11</version>
+            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-3/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-3/pom.xml
index a9a05f5092..602fcf60f4 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-3/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-3/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.10</version>
+            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/java-numbers-3/pom.xml b/java-numbers-3/pom.xml
index 495618885a..62225a898f 100644
--- a/java-numbers-3/pom.xml
+++ b/java-numbers-3/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons.version}</version>
+            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
     <properties>
         <dsiutils.version>2.6.0</dsiutils.version>
         <vavr.version>0.10.2</vavr.version>
-        <commons.version>3.9</commons.version>
         <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/java-numbers-4/pom.xml b/java-numbers-4/pom.xml
index e1722fb039..f4b0e23bd7 100644
--- a/java-numbers-4/pom.xml
+++ b/java-numbers-4/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons.version}</version>
+            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <vavr.version>0.10.2</vavr.version>
-        <commons.version>3.9</commons.version>
         <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/jhipster/jhipster-microservice/car-app/pom.xml b/jhipster/jhipster-microservice/car-app/pom.xml
index c53ea8358e..603d53299c 100644
--- a/jhipster/jhipster-microservice/car-app/pom.xml
+++ b/jhipster/jhipster-microservice/car-app/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
         <assertj.version>3.6.2</assertj.version>
         <awaitility.version>2.0.0</awaitility.version>
         <commons-io.version>2.5</commons-io.version>
-        <commons-lang.version>3.5</commons-lang.version>
         <docker-maven-plugin.version>0.4.13</docker-maven-plugin.version>
         <hazelcast-hibernate52.version>1.2</hazelcast-hibernate52.version>
         <hibernate.version>5.2.8.Final</hibernate.version>
@@ -267,7 +266,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang.version}</version>
+            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
diff --git a/jhipster/jhipster-microservice/dealer-app/pom.xml b/jhipster/jhipster-microservice/dealer-app/pom.xml
index a0bcc73e31..0e492d3d13 100644
--- a/jhipster/jhipster-microservice/dealer-app/pom.xml
+++ b/jhipster/jhipster-microservice/dealer-app/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
         <assertj.version>3.6.2</assertj.version>
         <awaitility.version>2.0.0</awaitility.version>
         <commons-io.version>2.5</commons-io.version>
-        <commons-lang.version>3.5</commons-lang.version>
         <docker-maven-plugin.version>0.4.13</docker-maven-plugin.version>
         <hazelcast-hibernate52.version>1.2</hazelcast-hibernate52.version>
         <hibernate.version>5.2.8.Final</hibernate.version>
@@ -266,7 +265,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang.version}</version>
+            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
diff --git a/jhipster/jhipster-microservice/gateway-app/pom.xml b/jhipster/jhipster-microservice/gateway-app/pom.xml
index c6dcbb3f3e..c5e7364f57 100644
--- a/jhipster/jhipster-microservice/gateway-app/pom.xml
+++ b/jhipster/jhipster-microservice/gateway-app/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
         <cassandra-driver.version>3.6.0</cassandra-driver.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.10</commons-codec.version>
         <commons-io.version>2.5</commons-io.version>
-        <commons-lang.version>3.5</commons-lang.version>
         <docker-maven-plugin.version>0.4.13</docker-maven-plugin.version>
         <frontend-maven-plugin.version>1.3</frontend-maven-plugin.version>
         <hazelcast-hibernate52.version>1.2</hazelcast-hibernate52.version>
@@ -299,7 +298,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang.version}</version>
+            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
diff --git a/jhipster/jhipster-monolithic/pom.xml b/jhipster/jhipster-monolithic/pom.xml
index 04f790faf5..103f48424f 100644
--- a/jhipster/jhipster-monolithic/pom.xml
+++ b/jhipster/jhipster-monolithic/pom.xml
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang.version}</version>
+            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
@@ -888,7 +888,6 @@
         <assertj.version>3.6.2</assertj.version>
         <awaitility.version>2.0.0</awaitility.version>
         <commons-io.version>2.5</commons-io.version>
-        <commons-lang.version>3.5</commons-lang.version>
         <docker-maven-plugin.version>0.4.13</docker-maven-plugin.version>
         <frontend-maven-plugin.version>1.3</frontend-maven-plugin.version>
         <gatling-maven-plugin.version>2.2.1</gatling-maven-plugin.version>
diff --git a/maven-modules/versions-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-modules/versions-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 3a9134ff40..3c6f2eeb3e 100644
--- a/maven-modules/versions-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-modules/versions-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons.lang3.version}</version>
+            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
         <commons.io.version>2.3</commons.io.version>
         <versions.plugin.version>2.7</versions.plugin.version>
         <commons.beanutils.version>1.9.1</commons.beanutils.version>
-        <commons.lang3.version>3.0</commons.lang3.version>
         <commons.collections4.version>4.0</commons.collections4.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-annotations/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate-annotations/pom.xml
index 5367921f31..368eee2115 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         <dependency>
         	<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         	<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-        	<version>${commons.lang3.version}</version>
+        	<version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         
         <dependency>
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
         <spring-boot.version>2.1.7.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
         <hibernate.core.version>5.4.7.Final</hibernate.core.version>
         <h2.version>1.4.200</h2.version>
-        <commons.lang3.version>3.8.1</commons.lang3.version>
         <geodb.version>0.9</geodb.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/quarkus/pom.xml b/quarkus/pom.xml
index 7fdf1557fb..9c14afca3c 100644
--- a/quarkus/pom.xml
+++ b/quarkus/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.9</version>
+            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>