diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2a1d721723..a4ae8cbfc8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
         <log4j.version>2.23.1</log4j.version>
         <mokito.version>5.12.0</mokito.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.15.0</commons-lang3.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.16.0</commons-lang3.version>
         <compile-testing.version>0.21.0</compile-testing.version>
         <javapoet.version>1.13.0</javapoet.version>
         <assertj.version>3.26.3</assertj.version>