diff --git a/java/serving-client/pom.xml b/java/serving-client/pom.xml
index dc611b4a76e..46ffed03fdd 100644
--- a/java/serving-client/pom.xml
+++ b/java/serving-client/pom.xml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6</version>
+      <version>3.18.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>