diff --git a/docs/examples/MavenExample/pom.xml b/docs/examples/MavenExample/pom.xml
index 86244c3623ba..6fd23d566392 100644
--- a/docs/examples/MavenExample/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/examples/MavenExample/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.12.0</version>
+      <version>3.16.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>