diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ff47de2..187265e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         <logback-classic.version>1.4.14</logback-classic.version>
 
         <!-- apache commons -->
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.18.0</commons-lang3.version>
 
         <!-- surefire-junit3 -->
         <surefire-junit3.version>3.1.2</surefire-junit3.version>