diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3655638..a765536 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-			<version>3.12.0</version>
+			<version>3.18.0</version>
 		</dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>