diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ca8463fdf3..6ee4d70a99 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
         <!-- Shared properties with plugins and version numbers across submodules-->
         <asciidoctorj.version>2.5.2</asciidoctorj.version>
         <commons-collections.version>3.2.1</commons-collections.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.18.0</commons-lang3.version>
         <commons-io.version>2.6</commons-io.version>
         <guava.version>30.1-jre</guava.version>
         <wiremock.version>2.27.2</wiremock.version>