diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 212dde6..6172bad 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ under the License.
     <log4jVersion>2.22.1</log4jVersion>
     <commonsLoggingVersion>1.3.0</commonsLoggingVersion>
     <datastax.driver.version>4.17.0</datastax.driver.version>
-    <buildHelperPluginVersion>3.5.0</buildHelperPluginVersion>
+    <buildHelperPluginVersion>${build-helper-maven-plugin.version}</buildHelperPluginVersion>
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2023-12-31T19:39:02Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
   </properties>
 
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ under the License.
         <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
         <version>${slf4jVersion}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+        <version>4.0.0</version>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
@@ -144,11 +149,6 @@ under the License.
       <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-filtering</artifactId>
-      <version>3.3.1</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
@@ -226,12 +225,6 @@ under the License.
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-interpolation</artifactId>
-      <version>1.27</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
@@ -262,9 +255,9 @@ under the License.
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6</version>
+      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+      <version>3.12.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/cassandra/AbstractCqlExecMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/cassandra/AbstractCqlExecMojo.java
index ec0baa2..637ab92 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/cassandra/AbstractCqlExecMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/cassandra/AbstractCqlExecMojo.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import org.antlr.runtime.ANTLRStringStream;
 import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
 import org.apache.cassandra.cql3.CqlLexer;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.IOUtil;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/cassandra/DropColumnFamiliesMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/cassandra/DropColumnFamiliesMojo.java
index 652ab5e..acad9f2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/cassandra/DropColumnFamiliesMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/cassandra/DropColumnFamiliesMojo.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package org.codehaus.mojo.cassandra;
 
 import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.CqlSession;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;