diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7ceeae5d..369bd438 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ under the License.
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 				<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-				<version>3.14.0</version>
+				<version>3.18.0</version>
 			</dependency>
 
 			<!-- For dependency convergence  -->