diff --git a/ksqldb-saga-example/pom.xml b/ksqldb-saga-example/pom.xml
index 03e0d4b..ae11649 100644
--- a/ksqldb-saga-example/pom.xml
+++ b/ksqldb-saga-example/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.11</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>