diff --git a/kirra-boot/pom.xml b/kirra-boot/pom.xml
index 5006807..30683c8 100644
--- a/kirra-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/kirra-boot/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.6</version>
+            <version>3.12.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
diff --git a/kirra-pojo/pom.xml b/kirra-pojo/pom.xml
index 2a193c2..0c4f4b2 100644
--- a/kirra-pojo/pom.xml
+++ b/kirra-pojo/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.6</version>
+            <version>3.12.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>