diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e87a305e..7500dc34 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <chQosLogbackVersion>1.5.6</chQosLogbackVersion>
         <commonsConfigurationVersion>1.10</commonsConfigurationVersion>
         <commonsIoVersion>2.16.1</commonsIoVersion>
-        <commonsLang3Version>3.14.0</commonsLang3Version>
+        <commonsLang3Version>3.16.0</commonsLang3Version>
         <downloadMavenPluginVersion>1.9.0</downloadMavenPluginVersion>
         <gparsVersion>1.2.1</gparsVersion>
         <groovyVersion>2.4.21</groovyVersion>