diff --git a/cloudinary-http5/build.gradle b/cloudinary-http5/build.gradle
index b58b6c36..35c9857b 100644
--- a/cloudinary-http5/build.gradle
+++ b/cloudinary-http5/build.gradle
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ task ciTest( type: Test ) {
 
 dependencies {
     compile project(':cloudinary-core')
-    compile group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version: '3.1'
+    compile group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version: '3.18.0'
     api group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents.client5', name: 'httpclient5', version: '5.3.1'
     api group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents.core5', name: 'httpcore5', version: '5.2.5'
     testCompile project(':cloudinary-test-common')
diff --git a/cloudinary-taglib/build.gradle b/cloudinary-taglib/build.gradle
index 16b200f3..657c5bd8 100644
--- a/cloudinary-taglib/build.gradle
+++ b/cloudinary-taglib/build.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ task ciTest( type: Test )
 
 dependencies {
     compile project(':cloudinary-core')
-    compile group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version:'3.1'
+    compile group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version:'3.18.0'
     testCompile group: 'org.hamcrest', name: 'java-hamcrest', version:'2.0.0.0'
     testCompile group: 'pl.pragmatists', name: 'JUnitParams', version:'1.0.5'
     testCompile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version:'4.12'