diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2f22140..524e679 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 <dependency>
     <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
     <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-    <version>3.9</version>
+    <version>3.18.0</version>
 </dependency>
 <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.eclipse.collections/eclipse-collections -->
 <dependency>