diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2aaaf00e8..52865b96a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.20.0</version>
+      <version>3.21.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/TimeValidatorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/TimeValidatorTest.java
index 05ff513dc..5366c9665 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/TimeValidatorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/TimeValidatorTest.java
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ void testPatternValid() {
     @DefaultLocale("en-GB")
     @DefaultTimeZone("GMT")
     void testTimeZone() {
+        validator = new TimeValidator();
         Calendar result = validator.validate("18:01");
         assertNotNull(result, "default result");
         assertEquals(TimeZones.GMT, result.getTimeZone(), "default zone");