diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e56fb12..07b6d74 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-			<version>3.1</version>
+			<version>3.18.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>