diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bd61a82..eb25b18 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <properties>
     <java.version>1.8</java.version>
     <bdg-formats.version>1.0.1</bdg-formats.version>
-    <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
+    <commons-lang3.version>3.18.0</commons-lang3.version>
     <guava.version>31.1-jre</guava.version>
     <guice.version>5.1.0</guice.version>
     <htsjdk.version>3.0.4</htsjdk.version>