diff --git a/jackdaw-apt/pom.xml b/jackdaw-apt/pom.xml
index 2fc08f0..82c75f5 100644
--- a/jackdaw-apt/pom.xml
+++ b/jackdaw-apt/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <javapoet.version>1.11.1</javapoet.version>
-        <commons.lang3.version>3.7</commons.lang3.version>
+        <commons.lang3.version>3.18.0</commons.lang3.version>
         <commons.io.version>2.14.0</commons.io.version>
         <guava.version>20.0</guava.version>
         <jackdaw.version>1.1.2</jackdaw.version>