diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4af6d87744..a90c85b849 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
         <commons.fileupload.version>1.3.1</commons.fileupload.version>
         <commons.httpclient.version>3.1</commons.httpclient.version>
         <commons.io.version>2.4</commons.io.version>
-        <commons.lang.version>3.3.2</commons.lang.version>
+        <commons.lang.version>3.18.0</commons.lang.version>
         <commons.logging.version>1.2</commons.logging.version>
         <commons.validator.version>1.4.1</commons.validator.version>
         <esapi.version>2.0.1</esapi.version>