diff --git a/providers/env-var/pom.xml b/providers/env-var/pom.xml
index 27681c752..a81b6da29 100644
--- a/providers/env-var/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/env-var/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.15.0</version>
+            <version>3.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/tools/junit-openfeature/pom.xml b/tools/junit-openfeature/pom.xml
index 2964ddf10..fac6777aa 100644
--- a/tools/junit-openfeature/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/junit-openfeature/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.15.0</version>
+            <version>3.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>