diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-11-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-11-2/pom.xml
index 3d008f5294..5f76c0bf3b 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-11-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-11-2/pom.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@
             <version>${junit.jupiter.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -73,6 +78,7 @@
         <junit.jupiter.version>5.7.0</junit.jupiter.version>
         <assertj.version>3.17.2</assertj.version>
         <mockserver.version>5.11.1</mockserver.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-11-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/version/VersionUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-11-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/version/VersionUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb7d5647a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-11-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/version/VersionUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package com.baeldung.version;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.SystemUtils;
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class VersionUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenJava_whenUsingRuntime_thenGetVersion() {
+        String expectedVersion = "11";
+        Runtime.Version runtimeVersion = Runtime.version();
+        String version = String.valueOf(runtimeVersion.version().get(0));
+        Assertions.assertThat(version).isEqualTo(expectedVersion);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @Disabled("Only valid for Java 8 and lower")
+    public void givenJava_whenUsingCommonsLang_thenGetVersion() {
+        int expectedVersion = 8;
+        String[] versionElements = SystemUtils.JAVA_SPECIFICATION_VERSION.split("\\.");
+        int discard = Integer.parseInt(versionElements[0]);
+        int version;
+        if (discard == 1) {
+            version = Integer.parseInt(versionElements[1]);
+        } else {
+            version = discard;
+        }
+        Assertions.assertThat(version).isEqualTo(expectedVersion);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @Disabled("Only valid for Java 8 and lower")
+    public void givenJava_whenUsingSystemProp_thenGetVersion() {
+        int expectedVersion = 8;
+        String[] versionElements = System.getProperty("java.version").split("\\.");
+        int discard = Integer.parseInt(versionElements[0]);
+        int version;
+        if (discard == 1) {
+            version = Integer.parseInt(versionElements[1]);
+        } else {
+            version = discard;
+        }
+        Assertions.assertThat(version).isEqualTo(expectedVersion);
+    }
+}
+