diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3bc08ba4..fc5dc34b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
       <version>2.6.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6</version>
+      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+      <version>3.7</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisClientLibConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisClientLibConfiguration.java
index 1718f629..1fbe0074 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisClientLibConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisClientLibConfiguration.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang.Validate;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 
 import com.amazonaws.ClientConfiguration;
 import com.amazonaws.auth.AWSCredentialsProvider;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisDataFetcher.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisDataFetcher.java
index 0bd4bee3..e6e8d264 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisDataFetcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisDataFetcher.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ package com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.lib.worker;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Date;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/PrefetchGetRecordsCache.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/PrefetchGetRecordsCache.java
index 982d70cc..f24fa5b6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/PrefetchGetRecordsCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/PrefetchGetRecordsCache.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang.Validate;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 
 import com.amazonaws.SdkClientException;
 import com.amazonaws.services.cloudwatch.model.StandardUnit;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/ShardInfo.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/ShardInfo.java
index e681d905..00d8cc64 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/ShardInfo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/ShardInfo.java
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.EqualsBuilder;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.EqualsBuilder;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
 
 import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.types.ExtendedSequenceNumber;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/ShardSyncer.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/ShardSyncer.java
index 2e309156..3194cd41 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/ShardSyncer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/ShardSyncer.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
 import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.exceptions.internal.KinesisClientLibIOException;
 import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.proxies.IKinesisProxy;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/Worker.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/Worker.java
index e9e1b5ed..15076005 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/Worker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/Worker.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/proxies/KinesisProxy.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/proxies/KinesisProxy.java
index 0bdd1c60..fe830444 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/proxies/KinesisProxy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/proxies/KinesisProxy.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/types/UserRecord.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/types/UserRecord.java
index 2f60671a..068119d9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/types/UserRecord.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/types/UserRecord.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/multilang/MultiLangDaemonConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/multilang/MultiLangDaemonConfig.java
index 2b7e4520..58f475a3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/multilang/MultiLangDaemonConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/multilang/MultiLangDaemonConfig.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import com.amazonaws.ClientConfiguration;
 import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.config.KinesisClientLibConfigurator;
 import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.lib.worker.KinesisClientLibConfiguration;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ThreadFactoryBuilder;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/config/KinesisClientLibConfiguratorTest.java b/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/config/KinesisClientLibConfiguratorTest.java
index 08a2598a..19ba20a1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/config/KinesisClientLibConfiguratorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/config/KinesisClientLibConfiguratorTest.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import com.amazonaws.auth.AWSCredentials;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/proxies/KinesisProxyTest.java b/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/proxies/KinesisProxyTest.java
index cc159fa2..845d2208 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/proxies/KinesisProxyTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/proxies/KinesisProxyTest.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.hamcrest.Description;
 import org.hamcrest.TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher;
 import org.junit.Before;