diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 136b5e5..c949264 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-                <version>3.12.0</version>
+                <version>3.18.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-io/commons-io -->
             <dependency>