diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 543a194..b54ae6b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.5</version>
+      <version>3.18.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>