diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c82810ad1d..7b0780d063 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-                <version>3.12.0</version>
+                <version>3.18.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-configuration</groupId>