diff --git a/gssapi-java/pom.xml b/gssapi-java/pom.xml
index 33b1209..2b9d384 100644
--- a/gssapi-java/pom.xml
+++ b/gssapi-java/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     <plugin.maven.jar.version>3.0.2</plugin.maven.jar.version>
     <!-- dependencies -->
     <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-    <commons.lang.version>3.5</commons.lang.version>
+    <commons.lang.version>3.18.0</commons.lang.version>
     <commons.io.version>1.3.2</commons.io.version>
     <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
   </properties>