diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5da0720..14914d3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.12.0</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>