diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ae278a1..e37111c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     <dependency>
     	<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
     	<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-    	<version>3.5</version>
+    	<version>3.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.json</groupId>