diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5ad9e56b..2db3977e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         <version.ch.qos.logback>1.4.8</version.ch.qos.logback>
         <version.org.assertj>3.13.2</version.org.assertj>
         <version.jsonschema2pojo-maven-plugin>1.0.1</version.jsonschema2pojo-maven-plugin>
-        <commons.lang.version>3.9</commons.lang.version>
+        <commons.lang.version>3.12.0</commons.lang.version>
         <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
         <jsonassert.version>1.5.0</jsonassert.version>
         <json.schema.validation.version>1.14.1</json.schema.validation.version>