diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0686372..9b222ec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-			<version>3.8.1</version>
+			<version>3.18.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- kafka streams -->