diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6d9741fe..e9e0e3b7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.9</version>
+      <version>3.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>