diff --git a/helix-rest/pom.xml b/helix-rest/pom.xml
index b2ac2bad6c..52834dc7b0 100644
--- a/helix-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/helix-rest/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <version>3.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>