diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e1441494a4a1ef29e2c8c920a2c91616161d3ead..a0951baea760bb8a586cb8cb95d9907353cfe917 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
     <!-- Project Information -->
     <artifactId>apache-commons-lang</artifactId>
-    <version>3.12.0</version>
+    <version>4.0.0</version>
 
     <packaging>jar</packaging>