diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 82b1104..58ef078 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 
 		<dependency.metaschema-framework.version>2.2.0</dependency.metaschema-framework.version>
 
-		<dependency.commons-lang3.version>3.17.0</dependency.commons-lang3.version>
+		<dependency.commons-lang3.version>3.18.0</dependency.commons-lang3.version>
 		<dependency.jmock-junit5.version>2.13.1</dependency.jmock-junit5.version>
 		<dependency.lazy4j.version>2.0.0</dependency.lazy4j.version>
 		<dependency.log4j2.version>2.24.3</dependency.log4j2.version>