diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 84f3451..5a711fe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-			<version>3.5</version>
+			<version>3.18.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.dom4j</groupId>