diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6f694343d0..e4c47e13ce 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.12.0</version>
+      <version>3.14.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
        <!-- BCEL-336 refers to this specific version.  -->