diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d4a46a3..148ef7f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
         </dependency>