diff --git a/01-environment/docker/artefacts/cookbooks/recipes/custom-udf-and-ksqldb/ksql-udf-string/pom.xml b/01-environment/docker/artefacts/cookbooks/recipes/custom-udf-and-ksqldb/ksql-udf-string/pom.xml
index 74c3a7b..4fa70b6 100644
--- a/01-environment/docker/artefacts/cookbooks/recipes/custom-udf-and-ksqldb/ksql-udf-string/pom.xml
+++ b/01-environment/docker/artefacts/cookbooks/recipes/custom-udf-and-ksqldb/ksql-udf-string/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.11</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Test dependencies -->