diff --git a/xmppserver/pom.xml b/xmppserver/pom.xml
index d82aeda3c9..30402b83b5 100644
--- a/xmppserver/pom.xml
+++ b/xmppserver/pom.xml
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.9</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>