diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9a5b6b5..fa2ccf1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         <logback.core.version>1.2.3</logback.core.version>
 		<scm.connection>scm:git:https://github.com/UnionVMS/UVMS-MDRCacheModule-MODEL.git</scm.connection>
         <jackson-annotations.version>2.7.1</jackson-annotations.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.7</commons-lang3.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.18.0</commons-lang3.version>
         <commons-collections.version>3.2.2</commons-collections.version>
     </properties>