diff --git a/stackrox-container-image-scanner/pom.xml b/stackrox-container-image-scanner/pom.xml
index 33f40aad..22c9387e 100644
--- a/stackrox-container-image-scanner/pom.xml
+++ b/stackrox-container-image-scanner/pom.xml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.15.0</version>
+            <version>3.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.openapitools</groupId>