diff --git a/jafp/pom.xml b/jafp/pom.xml
index 1d7db98..7ed1aa8 100644
--- a/jafp/pom.xml
+++ b/jafp/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-			<version>3.9</version>
+			<version>3.18.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>