diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c76b591..ec710b2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.12.0</version>
+      <version>3.14.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Override JSON-lib use of old commons-lang 2.5 -->
     <dependency>
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
             <goals>
               <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
             </goals>
-            <phase></phase> <!-- Only execute from the command line. -->
+            <phase/> <!-- Only execute from the command line. -->
             <configuration>
               <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
               <includeScope>runtime</includeScope>