diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c45195f..6deb714 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
         <log4j2.version>2.17.1</log4j2.version>
 
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.9</commons-lang3.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.18.0</commons-lang3.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.13</commons-codec.version>
 
         <bcprov.version>1.67</bcprov.version>