diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8558767..4624893 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-           <version>3.9</version>
+           <version>3.18.0</version>
        </dependency>
        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-core -->
        <dependency>