diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index 540f2f7c..77b82339 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.4</version>
+      <version>3.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>