diff --git a/lite/pom.xml b/lite/pom.xml
index 3156269..256b057 100644
--- a/lite/pom.xml
+++ b/lite/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.5</version>
+      <version>3.18.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>