diff --git a/java_package/brainflow/pom.xml b/java_package/brainflow/pom.xml
index 7096e629e..8cf800417 100644
--- a/java_package/brainflow/pom.xml
+++ b/java_package/brainflow/pom.xml
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.1</version>
+      <version>3.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
      <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>