diff --git a/formscanner-api/pom.xml b/formscanner-api/pom.xml
index 9931f99..e78b33a 100644
--- a/formscanner-api/pom.xml
+++ b/formscanner-api/pom.xml
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 	</dependencies>
 	<properties>
 		<commons-io.version>1.3.2</commons-io.version>
-		<commons-lang3.version>3.1</commons-lang3.version>
+		<commons-lang3.version>3.18.0</commons-lang3.version>
 		<nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.6.3</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
 		<maven-gpg-plugin.version>1.5</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
 		<zxing.version>3.2.0</zxing.version>