diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2002b54..83eb334 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 				<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-				<version>3.12.0</version>
+				<version>3.18.0</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>