diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 886f337..22835d2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.12.0</version>
+      <version>3.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>