diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b0e139c..03994dd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.8.1</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Start for benchmarks-->