diff --git a/simple/pom.xml b/simple/pom.xml
index cc9d404..a88cf3b 100644
--- a/simple/pom.xml
+++ b/simple/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>