diff --git a/core2/pom.xml b/core2/pom.xml
index cf635616..94c74a6c 100644
--- a/core2/pom.xml
+++ b/core2/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 	  <dependency>
   		<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
   		<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-  		<version>3.7</version>
+  		<version>3.18.0</version>
 	  </dependency>
 	  <dependency>
        <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>