diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 57801e9..b40a7ae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.9</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>