diff --git a/metadata-store-directory-common/pom.xml b/metadata-store-directory-common/pom.xml
index 1d3691d511..9359253fa5 100644
--- a/metadata-store-directory-common/pom.xml
+++ b/metadata-store-directory-common/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <version>3.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.testng</groupId>