diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 35dfee94..3008885d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>