diff --git a/db-utils/pom.xml b/db-utils/pom.xml
index 437dfad1c..4438dfa3a 100644
--- a/db-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/db-utils/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.14.0</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>