diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fa1bda9..e751e73 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 
-    <commons-lang3.version>3.9</commons-lang3.version>
+    <commons-lang3.version>3.18.0</commons-lang3.version>
     <lombok.version>1.18.10</lombok.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.29</slf4j.version>
     <xerces.version>2.12.2</xerces.version>