diff --git a/approvaltests-util/pom.xml b/approvaltests-util/pom.xml
index e55c289f..278a75a0 100644
--- a/approvaltests-util/pom.xml
+++ b/approvaltests-util/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.15.0</version>
+            <version>3.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>