diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-tests/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-java-tests/pom.xml
index f62a54136..05e1e9461 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-tests/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.11</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>