diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c05fe736..46a5010d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.12.0</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>