diff --git a/pulsar-io/nsq/pom.xml b/pulsar-io/nsq/pom.xml
index f0894d32c35a3..4c36879117af3 100644
--- a/pulsar-io/nsq/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-io/nsq/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.4</version>
+      <version>3.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
  
     <dependency>