diff --git a/samples/idaithalam-db-kafka-apitesting/pom.xml b/samples/idaithalam-db-kafka-apitesting/pom.xml
index de34995f..4262a95c 100644
--- a/samples/idaithalam-db-kafka-apitesting/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/idaithalam-db-kafka-apitesting/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-			<version>3.12.0</version>
+			<version>3.18.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 	<dependency>
 		<groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>