diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a161e4186..43ed24cac 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
     <artifactId>plugin</artifactId>
-    <version>6.2111.v8b_6a_1d599df3</version>
+    <version>6.2116.v7501b_67dc517</version>
     <relativePath />
   </parent>
 
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     <spotbugs.effort>Max</spotbugs.effort>
     <spotbugs.threshold>Low</spotbugs.threshold>
     <spotless.check.skip>false</spotless.check.skip>
+    <ban-commons-lang-2.skip>false</ban-commons-lang-2.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -76,6 +77,10 @@
       <groupId>io.jenkins.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>caffeine-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.jenkins.plugins</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang3-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>authentication-tokens</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/ContainerTemplate.java b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/ContainerTemplate.java
index ac8a09213..75abc1edb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/ContainerTemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/ContainerTemplate.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.model.TemplateEnvVar;
 import org.jenkinsci.Symbol;
 import org.kohsuke.accmod.Restricted;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/KubernetesCloud.java b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/KubernetesCloud.java
index e598a75ee..ef262b6a0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/KubernetesCloud.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/KubernetesCloud.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes;
 
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
-import static org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils.isEmpty;
+import static org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.isEmpty;
 import static org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.PodTemplateUtils.sanitizeLabel;
 
 import com.cloudbees.plugins.credentials.CredentialsMatchers;
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 import jenkins.util.SystemProperties;
 import jenkins.websocket.WebSockets;
 import net.sf.json.JSONObject;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.pipeline.PodTemplateMap;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.pod.retention.Default;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.pod.retention.PodRetention;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/KubernetesComputer.java b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/KubernetesComputer.java
index a679b02a7..e5e6db5ea 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/KubernetesComputer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/KubernetesComputer.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
 import org.acegisecurity.Authentication;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.jenkinsci.plugins.kubernetes.auth.KubernetesAuthException;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.QueryParameter;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerRequest2;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/KubernetesFactoryAdapter.java b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/KubernetesFactoryAdapter.java
index e23467d9f..5242da08b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/KubernetesFactoryAdapter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/KubernetesFactoryAdapter.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import jenkins.authentication.tokens.api.AuthenticationTokens;
 import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.jenkinsci.plugins.kubernetes.auth.KubernetesAuth;
 import org.jenkinsci.plugins.kubernetes.auth.KubernetesAuthConfig;
 import org.jenkinsci.plugins.kubernetes.auth.KubernetesAuthException;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/KubernetesLauncher.java b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/KubernetesLauncher.java
index 841601dab..93ca03fdd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/KubernetesLauncher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/KubernetesLauncher.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import jenkins.metrics.api.Metrics;
 import jenkins.util.SystemProperties;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.pod.decorator.PodDecoratorException;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.pod.retention.Reaper;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.DataBoundConstructor;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/KubernetesSlave.java b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/KubernetesSlave.java
index 601514b73..e9a5782b0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/KubernetesSlave.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/KubernetesSlave.java
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
 import jenkins.metrics.api.Metrics;
 import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
 import jenkins.security.MasterToSlaveCallable;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.Validate;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.pod.retention.PodRetention;
 import org.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.executors.OnceRetentionStrategy;
 import org.jenkinsci.plugins.kubernetes.auth.KubernetesAuthException;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodContainerSource.java b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodContainerSource.java
index 83bb1e15f..08e3b9b17 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodContainerSource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodContainerSource.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
 /**
  * Pod container sources are responsible to locating details about Pod containers.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodLabel.java b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodLabel.java
index 333901f47..5569bb909 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodLabel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodLabel.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.Validate;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.jenkinsci.Symbol;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.DataBoundConstructor;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodTemplate.java b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodTemplate.java
index ae43d991b..22be46654 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodTemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodTemplate.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
 import net.sf.json.JSONObject;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.model.TemplateEnvVar;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.pod.retention.PodRetention;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.pod.yaml.YamlMergeStrategy;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodTemplateBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodTemplateBuilder.java
index 622d79b1a..6d10c5686 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodTemplateBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodTemplateBuilder.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
 import jenkins.util.SystemProperties;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.model.TemplateEnvVar;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.pipeline.PodTemplateStepExecution;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.pod.decorator.PodDecorator;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodTemplateUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodTemplateUtils.java
index ac5b98c90..752dd8af5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodTemplateUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodTemplateUtils.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Commandline;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.model.TemplateEnvVar;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.volumes.PodVolume;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodUtils.java
index bea03d816..f775a97a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodUtils.java
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.RandomStringUtils;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.pipeline.PodTemplateStepExecution;
 
 public final class PodUtils {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/KubernetesDeclarativeAgent.java b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/KubernetesDeclarativeAgent.java
index 1c2c8f327..7c5dc7c73 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/KubernetesDeclarativeAgent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/KubernetesDeclarativeAgent.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.ContainerTemplate;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.PodTemplate;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.pod.retention.PodRetention;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/PodTemplateStep.java b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/PodTemplateStep.java
index 55ddc3819..8783a0f18 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/PodTemplateStep.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/PodTemplateStep.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.ContainerTemplate;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.KubernetesCloud;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.PodAnnotation;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/PodTemplateStepExecution.java b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/PodTemplateStepExecution.java
index f18515b7f..e56e38def 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/PodTemplateStepExecution.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/PodTemplateStepExecution.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.RandomStringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.ContainerTemplate;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.KubernetesCloud;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.KubernetesFolderProperty;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pod/decorator/DefaultRestartPolicy.java b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pod/decorator/DefaultRestartPolicy.java
index 495742544..c19f2c77a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pod/decorator/DefaultRestartPolicy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pod/decorator/DefaultRestartPolicy.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.NonNull;
 import hudson.Extension;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Pod;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.KubernetesCloud;
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/volumes/ProvisionedVolume.java b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/volumes/ProvisionedVolume.java
index 1da524983..38555c313 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/volumes/ProvisionedVolume.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/volumes/ProvisionedVolume.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Quantity;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
 public interface ProvisionedVolume {
     default String getStorageClassNameOrDefault() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/volumes/SecretVolume.java b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/volumes/SecretVolume.java
index c71b7ff30..f7a2bbbcd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/volumes/SecretVolume.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/volumes/SecretVolume.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.SecretVolumeSource;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Volume;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.VolumeBuilder;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.jenkinsci.Symbol;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.DataBoundConstructor;
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/KubernetesTestUtil.java b/src/test/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/KubernetesTestUtil.java
index 590bdb90f..401bbd823 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/KubernetesTestUtil.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/KubernetesTestUtil.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
 import jenkins.model.JenkinsLocationConfiguration;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.jenkinsci.plugins.kubernetes.auth.KubernetesAuthException;
 import org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsFlowDefinition;
 import org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowJob;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodUtilsTest.java
index b7ff7e66f..01695801c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodUtilsTest.java
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.IntStream;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class PodUtilsTest {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/AbstractKubernetesPipelineRJRTest.java b/src/test/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/AbstractKubernetesPipelineRJRTest.java
index 6a9d862a4..789f890de 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/AbstractKubernetesPipelineRJRTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/AbstractKubernetesPipelineRJRTest.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import static org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.KubernetesTestUtil.assumeKubernetes;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.KubernetesTestUtil;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.pipeline.steps.CreateWorkflowJobThenScheduleRun;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.pipeline.steps.RunId;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/ContainerExecDecoratorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/ContainerExecDecoratorTest.java
index 16b64e2d3..bb87e1a62 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/ContainerExecDecoratorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/ContainerExecDecoratorTest.java
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import org.apache.commons.io.output.TeeOutputStream;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.RandomStringUtils;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.KubernetesClientProvider;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.KubernetesCloud;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.KubernetesSlave;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/ContainerExecDecoratorWindowsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/ContainerExecDecoratorWindowsTest.java
index 4dd73abe8..aa5adcbe7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/ContainerExecDecoratorWindowsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/ContainerExecDecoratorWindowsTest.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import org.apache.commons.io.output.TeeOutputStream;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.RandomStringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.KubernetesClientProvider;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.KubernetesCloud;
 import org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.KubernetesSlave;