diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 65838b1..4047d6a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.9</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>