diff --git a/requestBodyValidator/pom.xml b/requestBodyValidator/pom.xml
index 5e71b27..711567e 100644
--- a/requestBodyValidator/pom.xml
+++ b/requestBodyValidator/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>