diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c2d9906..a4d1f37 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	<dependency>
 		<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 	  		<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-	  	<version>3.12.0</version>
+	  	<version>3.18.0</version>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
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