diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index debb9aa..fa66733 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-			<version>3.20.0</version>
+			<version>3.21.0</version>
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- commons-configuration2 also requires commons-io -->