diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bc919bd..ddd043a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
           <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-          <version>3.4</version>
+          <version>3.18.0</version>
       </dependency>
   </dependencies>