diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2e61a7a..3bb1164 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.8</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>