diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ec39b49..1f881cd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <java.version>1.8</java.version>
     <junit.jupiter.version>5.4.0</junit.jupiter.version>
-    <commons.lang.version>3.9</commons.lang.version>
+    <commons.lang.version>3.18.0</commons.lang.version>
     <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.0.0-M3</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
     <jsonassert.version>1.5.0</jsonassert.version>