diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1727aa2d6..f6572aa3e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-                <version>3.19.0</version>
+                <version>3.20.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.json/json -->
             <!-- used by ODFDOM for serializing user changes to JSON stack (e.g. for web offices)  -->