diff --git a/core-kotlin/pom.xml b/core-kotlin/pom.xml
index 5cdb5f700e..2b559b19e0 100644
--- a/core-kotlin/pom.xml
+++ b/core-kotlin/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
             <artifactId>commons-math3</artifactId>
             <version>${commons-math3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-platform-runner</artifactId>
@@ -70,6 +75,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <commons-math3.version>3.6.1</commons-math3.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.8.1</commons-lang3.version>
         <junit.platform.version>1.1.1</junit.platform.version>
         <junit.vintage.version>5.2.0</junit.vintage.version>
         <assertj.version>3.10.0</assertj.version>
diff --git a/core-kotlin/src/test/kotlin/com/baeldung/random/RandomStringTest.kt b/core-kotlin/src/test/kotlin/com/baeldung/random/RandomStringTest.kt
index b8d0bd49cd..b47a6ac455 100644
--- a/core-kotlin/src/test/kotlin/com/baeldung/random/RandomStringTest.kt
+++ b/core-kotlin/src/test/kotlin/com/baeldung/random/RandomStringTest.kt
@@ -1,18 +1,50 @@
-
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
-import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom
-import kotlin.test.assertTrue
+import kotlin.streams.asSequence
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
 
-class RandomNumberTest {
+const val STRING_LENGTH = 10;
+const val ALPHANUMERIC_REGEX = "[a-zA-Z0-9]+";
+
+class RandomStringTest {
 
     @Test
-    fun whenRandomNumberWithJavaUtilMath_thenResultIsBetween0And1() {
-        val source = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
-        var test = Random().ints(outputStrLength, 0, source.length)
+    fun generateRandomString_useJava_returnString() {
+        val charPool = ArrayList<Char>();
+        charPool.addAll('a'..'z');
+        charPool.addAll('A'..'Z');
+        charPool.addAll('0'..'9');
+
+        var randomString = java.util.Random().ints(STRING_LENGTH.toLong(), 0, charPool.size)
                 .asSequence()
-                .map(source::get)
+                .map(charPool::get)
                 .joinToString("")
-        print("message")
+
+        assert(randomString.matches(Regex(ALPHANUMERIC_REGEX)));
+        assertEquals(STRING_LENGTH, randomString.length);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun generateRandomString_useKotlin_returnString() {
+        val charPool = ArrayList<Char>();
+        charPool.addAll('a'..'z');
+        charPool.addAll('A'..'Z');
+        charPool.addAll('0'..'9');
+
+        var randomString = (1..STRING_LENGTH).map { i -> kotlin.random.Random.nextInt(0, charPool.size) }
+                .map(charPool::get)
+                .joinToString("");
+
+        assert(randomString.matches(Regex(ALPHANUMERIC_REGEX)));
+        assertEquals(STRING_LENGTH, randomString.length);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun generateRandomString_useApacheCommon_returnString() {
+        var randomString = RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric(STRING_LENGTH);
+
+        assert(randomString.matches(Regex(ALPHANUMERIC_REGEX)));
+        assertEquals(STRING_LENGTH, randomString.length);
     }
 
 }
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