diff --git a/metron-stellar/stellar-common/pom.xml b/metron-stellar/stellar-common/pom.xml
index 7a6c8fd2ba..8010f3e270 100644
--- a/metron-stellar/stellar-common/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-stellar/stellar-common/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.2</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>