diff --git a/iot-e2e-tests/common/pom.xml b/iot-e2e-tests/common/pom.xml
index 7201cc2ed6..2b80f5853e 100644
--- a/iot-e2e-tests/common/pom.xml
+++ b/iot-e2e-tests/common/pom.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 54630e0e4e..348cb4415e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-                <version>3.20.0</version>
+                <version>3.18.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.eclipse.paho</groupId>