diff --git a/dependencies.gradle b/dependencies.gradle
index 15431f3..b1cc554 100644
--- a/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/dependencies.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     testImplementation group: 'uk.ac.ox.softeng.maurodatamapper', name: 'mdm-testing-framework', version: mdmCoreVersion
 
-    implementation group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version: '3.12.0'
+    implementation group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version: '3.20.0'
     implementation 'com.opencsv:opencsv:5.6'
 
     // Postgres database