diff --git a/plexus-compiler-test/pom.xml b/plexus-compiler-test/pom.xml
index d31a0cdfe..b8564cc67 100644
--- a/plexus-compiler-test/pom.xml
+++ b/plexus-compiler-test/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0</version>
+      <version>2.6</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/plexus-compiler-test/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/AbstractCompilerTest.java b/plexus-compiler-test/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/AbstractCompilerTest.java
index 3fab07e66..22b92aa66 100644
--- a/plexus-compiler-test/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/AbstractCompilerTest.java
+++ b/plexus-compiler-test/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/AbstractCompilerTest.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ protected final Compiler getCompiler() {
     protected List<String> getClasspath() throws Exception {
         List<String> cp = new ArrayList<>();
 
-        File file = getLocalArtifactPath("commons-lang", "commons-lang", "2.0", "jar");
+        File file = getLocalArtifactPath("commons-lang", "commons-lang", "2.6", "jar");
 
         assertThat(
                 "test prerequisite: commons-lang library must be available in local repository at " + file,
diff --git a/plexus-compilers/pom.xml b/plexus-compilers/pom.xml
index efc9d1155..24981c4a4 100644
--- a/plexus-compilers/pom.xml
+++ b/plexus-compilers/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0</version>
+      <version>2.6</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>