diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index edfb895..25a0039 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <version>3.9</version>
     </dependency>
 	<dependency>
 	    <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>