diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8ef43f6a..595948b8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-        <version>3.14.0</version>
+        <version>3.17.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- test dependencies -->