diff --git a/custom-scripted-connector-bundler/pom.xml b/custom-scripted-connector-bundler/pom.xml
index a26e99cda..48b50eaef 100644
--- a/custom-scripted-connector-bundler/pom.xml
+++ b/custom-scripted-connector-bundler/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.jknack</groupId>
             <artifactId>handlebars</artifactId>
-            <version>4.4.0</version>
+            <version>4.5.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/legal/THIRDPARTYREADME.txt b/legal/THIRDPARTYREADME.txt
index 0d97c222f..d78c95a54 100644
--- a/legal/THIRDPARTYREADME.txt
+++ b/legal/THIRDPARTYREADME.txt
@@ -59,9 +59,12 @@ Copyright: Copyright 2002-2013 The Apache Software Foundation
 Version: commons-io-2.4.jar
 Copyright: Copyright 2002-2012 The Apache Software Foundation
 
-Version: commons-lang3-3.18.jar
+Version: commons-lang3-3.20.jar
 Copyright: Copyright 2001-2013 The Apache Software Foundation
 
+Version: commons-text-1.15.jar
+Copyright: Copyright 2014-2024 The Apache Software Foundation
+
 Version: commons-beanutils-1.8.0.jar
 Copyright: Copyright 2000-2008 The Apache Software Foundation
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bda365857..ac7aaf60e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -400,6 +400,19 @@
                 <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
                 <version>${apache.commons-codec.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <!-- handlebars 4.5.x requires commons-lang3 >= 3.20.0 (OSGi import [3.20.0,4.0.0)) -->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+                <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+                <version>3.20.0</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <!-- handlebars 4.5.x requires commons-text >= 1.15.0 (OSGi import [1.15.0,2.0.0));
+                 the commons parent manages it to 1.12.0, so pin it up to satisfy the bundle -->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+                <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
+                <version>1.15.0</version>
+            </dependency>
 
             <!-- Java EE -->
             <dependency>