diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f940bff48..29173baf9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6</version>
+      <version>3.10</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>