diff --git a/maven-scm-api/pom.xml b/maven-scm-api/pom.xml
index d2dc27266..30a86f09d 100644
--- a/maven-scm-api/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-scm-api/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.14.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>