diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 23fb1b9..d0a533f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 		<spring.version>[4.1.0.RELEASE,)</spring.version>
 		<spring.data.version>[1.9.0.RELEASE,)</spring.data.version>
 		<slf4j.version>[1.7,)</slf4j.version>
-		<commons.lang.version>3.12.0</commons.lang.version>
+		<commons.lang.version>3.18.0</commons.lang.version>
 		<args4j.version>[2.0,)</args4j.version>
 		<javahometorun>${JAVA_1_7}</javahometorun>
 		<cobertura.version>2.7</cobertura.version>
diff --git a/utils-test/pom.xml b/utils-test/pom.xml
index 45ef100..1f53b15 100644
--- a/utils-test/pom.xml
+++ b/utils-test/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>de.flapdoodle.embed</groupId>
 			<artifactId>de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo</artifactId>
-			<version>1.46.4</version>
+			<version>4.12.4</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>