diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 58349210f9..269fe89c74 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.17.0</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>