diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6e9f2a1e5e9..a7a5d231483 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ Brotli, Zstandard and ar, cpio, jar, tar, zip, dump, 7z, arj.
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
       <version>3.14.0</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>    
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>