diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cb84ebd..1b17de5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.12.0</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>