diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7836d237b..23ddd5396 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         <log4j.version>2.3</log4j.version>
         <slf4j-api.version>1.7.24</slf4j-api.version>
         <logback-classic.version>1.2.1</logback-classic.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.4</commons-lang3.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.18.0</commons-lang3.version>
         <commons-collections.version>3.2.1</commons-collections.version>
         <commons-io.version>2.4</commons-io.version>
         <commons-configuration.version>1.10</commons-configuration.version>