diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f3b2cc5..106ac40 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
     <dependency>
     <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
     <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-    <version>3.9</version>
+    <version>3.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>