diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index c74e910..3afa141 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.12.0</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>