diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 14ffa18d..47754f68 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-                <version>3.12.0</version>
+                <version>3.18.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-io</groupId>