diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 57e9dfe0d..fc737c8cc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 				<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-				<version>3.17.0</version>
+				<version>3.18.0</version>
 			</dependency>
 
             <!-- transitive dependencies fixup -->