diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 99d86f6..7b3add0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.14.0</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/commons-codec/commons-codec/ -->