diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 112865ea1..c947448f3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-                <version>3.15.0</version>
+                <version>3.16.0</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <!-- Too old in org.apache.tika:tika-parser-scientific-module:2.9.1 deps -->