diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index bbc77c718b690ed8cf6e56050d7b40619929cb99..dd187a56fa52adc2d8ad10bdababadf8b044641b 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -382,6 +382,11 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
       <version>1.3.1</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency><!-- hudson doesn't use this directly, but some plugins wanted to use the latest -->
+      <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+      <version>2.4</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-digester</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-digester</artifactId>