diff --git a/apache-commons-lang3-junit-bom.patch b/apache-commons-lang3-junit-bom.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6446ffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-commons-lang3-junit-bom.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Index: commons-lang3-3.12.0-src/pom.xml
+===================================================================
+--- commons-lang3-3.12.0-src.orig/pom.xml
++++ commons-lang3-3.12.0-src/pom.xml
+@@ -513,18 +513,6 @@
+     </contributor>
+   </contributors>
+ 
+-  <dependencyManagement>
+-    <dependencies>
+-      <dependency>
+-        <groupId>org.junit</groupId>
+-        <artifactId>junit-bom</artifactId>
+-        <version>5.7.1</version>
+-        <type>pom</type>
+-        <scope>import</scope>
+-      </dependency>
+-    </dependencies>
+-  </dependencyManagement>
+-
+   <!-- Lang should depend on very little -->
+   <dependencies>
+     <!-- testing -->
diff --git a/apache-commons-lang3.changes b/apache-commons-lang3.changes
index 146ac7d..e1e9749 100644
--- a/apache-commons-lang3.changes
+++ b/apache-commons-lang3.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec 29 15:18:48 UTC 2021 - Pedro Monreal <pmonreal@suse.com>
+
+- Remove the junit bom dependency for now as it breaks the build of
+  other packages like log4j.
+  * Add apache-commons-lang3-junit-bom.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec 29 12:49:05 UTC 2021 - David Anes <david.anes@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/apache-commons-lang3.spec b/apache-commons-lang3.spec
index 82798b7..4f086b0 100644
--- a/apache-commons-lang3.spec
+++ b/apache-commons-lang3.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ URL:            https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/
 Source0:        https://dlcdn.apache.org/commons/lang/source/%{short_name}-%{version}-src.tar.gz
 Source1:        build.xml
 Source2:        default.properties
+Patch0:         apache-commons-lang3-junit-bom.patch
 BuildRequires:  ant
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 1.8
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ Javadoc for %{name}.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{short_name}-%{version}-src
+%patch0 -p1
+
 cp %{SOURCE1} .
 cp %{SOURCE2} .
 sed -i 's/\r//' *.txt