diff --git a/com.microsoft.java.debug.core/pom.xml b/com.microsoft.java.debug.core/pom.xml
index e42117c0..a417a545 100644
--- a/com.microsoft.java.debug.core/pom.xml
+++ b/com.microsoft.java.debug.core/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.6</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>