diff --git a/examples/extension/build.gradle b/examples/extension/build.gradle
index 582599f59d52..b29d7be33ea8 100644
--- a/examples/extension/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/extension/build.gradle
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ dependencies {
   Only dependencies added to `implementation` configuration will be picked up by Shadow plugin
   and added to the resulting jar for our extension's distribution.
    */
-  implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.17.0'
+  implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.18.0'
 
   //All dependencies below are only for tests
   testImplementation("org.testcontainers:testcontainers:1.21.3")