diff --git a/obp-api/pom.xml b/obp-api/pom.xml
index 884ddafd0..7699c3f95 100644
--- a/obp-api/pom.xml
+++ b/obp-api/pom.xml
@@ -99,9 +99,17 @@
       <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
       <version>1.70</version>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.commons/commons-lang3 -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+      <version>3.12.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.commons/commons-text -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
+      <version>1.9</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
diff --git a/obp-api/src/main/scala/code/bankconnectors/InternalConnector.scala b/obp-api/src/main/scala/code/bankconnectors/InternalConnector.scala
index 1431a6acb..02701ff70 100644
--- a/obp-api/src/main/scala/code/bankconnectors/InternalConnector.scala
+++ b/obp-api/src/main/scala/code/bankconnectors/InternalConnector.scala
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import net.sf.cglib.proxy.{Enhancer, MethodInterceptor, MethodProxy}
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Method
 import code.api.util.{CallContext, DynamicUtil}
-import com.auth0.jwt.internal.org.apache.commons.lang3.StringEscapeUtils
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils
+import org.apache.commons.text.StringEscapeUtils
 import com.github.dwickern.macros.NameOf.{nameOf, qualifiedNameOfType}
 import com.openbankproject.commons.util.ReflectUtils
 
diff --git a/obp-commons/pom.xml b/obp-commons/pom.xml
index ab0ec3e02..bc5f032b9 100644
--- a/obp-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/obp-commons/pom.xml
@@ -59,9 +59,17 @@
             <artifactId>transmittable-thread-local</artifactId>
             <version>2.11.5</version>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.commons/commons-lang3 -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+            <version>3.12.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.commons/commons-text -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
+            <version>1.9</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3437f7d35..21ef244ba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -96,10 +96,17 @@
         <artifactId>lift-mapper_${scala.version}</artifactId>
         <version>${lift.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.commons/commons-lang3 -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-        <version>3.10</version>
+        <version>3.12.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.commons/commons-text -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+        <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
+        <version>1.9</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>