diff --git a/gax-java/dependencies.properties b/gax-java/dependencies.properties
index 1951626a87..ce17d36b6b 100644
--- a/gax-java/dependencies.properties
+++ b/gax-java/dependencies.properties
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ maven.org_apache_tomcat_annotations_api=org.apache.tomcat:annotations-api:6.0.53
 maven.com_google_code_gson_gson=com.google.code.gson:gson:2.11.0
 maven.com_google_guava_guava=com.google.guava:guava:32.1.3-jre
 maven.com_google_guava_failureaccess=com.google.guava:failureaccess:1.0.2
-maven.org_apache_commons_commons_lang3=org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.16.0
+maven.org_apache_commons_commons_lang3=org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.17.0
 maven.com_google_android_annotations=com.google.android:annotations:4.1.1.4
 maven.com_google_code_findbugs_jsr305=com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2
 maven.com_google_errorprone_error_prone_annotations=com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.31.0