diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 84a735f..ee34c7c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-			<version>3.1</version>
+			<version>3.18.0</version>
 		</dependency>		
 		 
 		<dependency>