diff --git a/core-services/egov-persister/pom.xml b/core-services/egov-persister/pom.xml
index 67b3cb3133..175a2b8062 100644
--- a/core-services/egov-persister/pom.xml
+++ b/core-services/egov-persister/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0</version>
+      <version>3.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>