diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7e37f37bdd..ce2bd5c04c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <commons.site.path>text</commons.site.path>
     <commons.scmPubUrl>https://svn.apache.org/repos/infra/websites/production/commons/content/proper/commons-text</commons.scmPubUrl>
     <commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory>site-content</commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory>
-    <commons.lang3.version>3.20.0</commons.lang3.version>
+    <commons.lang3.version>3.21.0</commons.lang3.version>
     <commons.bytebuddy.version>1.18.13</commons.bytebuddy.version>
     <commons.rng.version>1.7</commons.rng.version>
     <japicmp.skip>false</japicmp.skip>