diff --git a/engine/pom.xml b/engine/pom.xml
index e5e95cb..8d8efc2 100644
--- a/engine/pom.xml
+++ b/engine/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         <start-class>com.odysseusinc.arachne.executionengine.ExecutionEngineStarter</start-class>
         <springfox.swagger2.version>2.10.0</springfox.swagger2.version>
         <docker.image.prefix>odysseusinc</docker.image.prefix>
-        <commons.lang3.version>3.11</commons.lang3.version>
+        <commons.lang3.version>3.18.0</commons.lang3.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.13</httpclient.version>
         <jtds.version>1.3.1</jtds.version>
         <handlebars.version>4.2.0</handlebars.version>