diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5c264fc..4ce0aac 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<dependency>
 	  <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 	  <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-	  <version>3.9</version>
+	  <version>3.18.0</version>
   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>