diff --git a/cova/pom.xml b/cova/pom.xml
index bd28396..82998a4 100644
--- a/cova/pom.xml
+++ b/cova/pom.xml
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-			<version>3.7</version>
+			<version>3.18.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.j2html</groupId>