diff --git a/tasks/eva_3660/pom.xml b/tasks/eva_3660/pom.xml
index b026555..29f4591 100644
--- a/tasks/eva_3660/pom.xml
+++ b/tasks/eva_3660/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.9</version>
+            <version>3.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>uk.ac.ebi.eva</groupId>