diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 1984e06..7937988 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0</version>
+        <version>3.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>