diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eb899be1..f3247e19 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-        <version>3.7</version>
+        <version>3.18.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>