diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d651bbe..402e3a0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -576,11 +576,12 @@
 			<artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
 			<version>2.12.6</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
-			<artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-			<version>2.6</version>
-		</dependency>
+			<!-- Apache Commons Lang 3 (maintained) -->
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+				<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+				<version>3.18.0</version>
+			</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>