diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c60b8f492d02c..46402c0ab4ea4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 
 ### Dependencies
 - Bump `netty` from 4.1.111.Final to 4.1.112.Final ([#15081](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/15081))
-- Bump `org.apache.commons:commons-lang3` from 3.14.0 to 3.15.0 ([#14861](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/14861))
+- Bump `org.apache.commons:commons-lang3` from 3.14.0 to 3.16.0 ([#14861](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/14861), [#15205](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/15205))
 - OpenJDK Update (July 2024 Patch releases) ([#14998](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/14998))
 - Bump `com.microsoft.azure:msal4j` from 1.16.1 to 1.16.2 ([#14995](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/14995))
 - Bump `actions/github-script` from 6 to 7 ([#14997](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/14997))
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
index f117bae658abe..e1e5f422f3e07 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ dependencies {
   api "org.apache.commons:commons-compress:${versions.commonscompress}"
   api 'org.apache.commons:commons-configuration2:2.11.0'
   api "commons-io:commons-io:${versions.commonsio}"
-  api 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.15.0'
+  api 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.16.0'
   implementation 'com.google.re2j:re2j:1.7'
   api 'javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.5'
   api "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${versions.slf4j}"
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/commons-lang3-3.15.0.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/commons-lang3-3.15.0.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b1179c935946..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/commons-lang3-3.15.0.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-21581109b4be710ea4b195d5760392ec284f9f11
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/commons-lang3-3.16.0.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/commons-lang3-3.16.0.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ef4f1c1fc2002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/commons-lang3-3.16.0.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3eb54effe40946dfb06dc5cd6c7ce4116cd51ea4
\ No newline at end of file