diff --git a/mod-pubsub-server/pom.xml b/mod-pubsub-server/pom.xml
index 63e50ec9..7eee6789 100644
--- a/mod-pubsub-server/pom.xml
+++ b/mod-pubsub-server/pom.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.17.0</version>
+      <version>3.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>