diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f4019106..3768b2fa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.9</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.commons/commons-collections4 -->
         <dependency>