diff --git a/cmdi-validator-core/pom.xml b/cmdi-validator-core/pom.xml
index 9af430d..a101afb 100644
--- a/cmdi-validator-core/pom.xml
+++ b/cmdi-validator-core/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.1</version>
+            <version>3.12.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
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