diff --git a/dhis-2/pom.xml b/dhis-2/pom.xml
index 46609934deba..474afe4dd539 100644
--- a/dhis-2/pom.xml
+++ b/dhis-2/pom.xml
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
     <cron-utils.version>9.2.1</cron-utils.version>
     <commons-collections4.version>4.6.0</commons-collections4.version>
     <commons-beanutils.version>1.11.0</commons-beanutils.version>
-    <commons-lang3.version>3.20.0</commons-lang3.version>
+    <commons-lang3.version>3.21.0</commons-lang3.version>
     <commons-text.version>1.15.0</commons-text.version>
     <commons-fileupload.version>1.6.0</commons-fileupload.version>
     <commons-math3.version>3.6.1</commons-math3.version>