diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5fbc0bafd..d16280730 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     <commons.osgi.dynamicImport>javax.portlet</commons.osgi.dynamicImport>
     <commons.servlet-api.version>2.5</commons.servlet-api.version>
     <commons.io.version>2.22.0</commons.io.version>
-    <commons.lang3.version>3.20.0</commons.lang3.version>
+    <commons.lang3.version>3.21.0</commons.lang3.version>
     <japicmp.skip>true</japicmp.skip>
     <animal.sniffer.skip>true</animal.sniffer.skip>
     <commons.javadoc.javaee.link>https://jakarta.ee/specifications/platform/9.1/apidocs/</commons.javadoc.javaee.link>