diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7a30f8f..8275e08 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ dependencies {
     exclude(module: 'checker-qual')
     exclude(module: 'jsr305')
   }
-  implementation group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version: '3.15.0'
+  implementation group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version: '3.16.0'
   implementation group: 'joda-time', name: 'joda-time', version: '2.12.7'
   implementation group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-collections4', version: '4.4'