diff --git a/samples/java/pom.xml b/samples/java/pom.xml
index 6427955..152609e 100644
--- a/samples/java/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/java/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>