diff --git a/release_scripts/APIUpdate/pom.xml b/release_scripts/APIUpdate/pom.xml
index ed65d6174c0..d2040c3d2a3 100644
--- a/release_scripts/APIUpdate/pom.xml
+++ b/release_scripts/APIUpdate/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.13.0</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>