diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 550a2f9346..144f3e686d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
         <!-- Shared properties with plugins and version numbers across submodules-->
         <activation.version>1.1.1</activation.version>
         <commons-collections.version>3.2.1</commons-collections.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.4</commons-lang3.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.18.0</commons-lang3.version>
         <commons-io.version>2.6</commons-io.version>
         <guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
         <hsqldb.version>2.3.4</hsqldb.version>