diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4c3898684e..563bba16bf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0</version>
+      <version>2.6</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>