diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c245c483..b60dfeda 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.7</version>
+            <version>3.8.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>