diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4d22c1f6fe..9be45ff9e4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -282,11 +282,6 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.9</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.woodstox</groupId>
             <artifactId>woodstox-core-asl</artifactId>