diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 66392c8..d2e315c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
         </dependency>