diff --git a/project/pom.xml b/project/pom.xml
index 74f07b7..a5e7a8a 100644
--- a/project/pom.xml
+++ b/project/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.9</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <properties>