diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 017d7f1..e95b592 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <version>3.12.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>