diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 50f7a6d7e1..6bba5b1653 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ Merged from 2.2:
 Merged from 2.1:
  * cannot use cql since upgrading python to 2.7.11+ (CASSANDRA-11850)
 
-
 3.8
  * Fix hdr logging for single operation workloads (CASSANDRA-12145)
  * Fix SASI PREFIX search in CONTAINS mode with partial terms (CASSANDRA-12073)
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/commitlog/CommitLogReader.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/commitlog/CommitLogReader.java
index a914cc9f2d..6acbd0dbaf 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/commitlog/CommitLogReader.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/commitlog/CommitLogReader.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.zip.CRC32;
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;