diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-498_modulepath/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-498_modulepath/pom.xml
index d8e8d27be..015648645 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-498_modulepath/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-498_modulepath/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6</version>
+      <version>3.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>