diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f490a0f328..808874127d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.8.1</version>
+            <version>3.9</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>