diff --git a/kafka/hbase-kafka-proxy/pom.xml b/kafka/hbase-kafka-proxy/pom.xml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 8df7052..c80f735
--- a/kafka/hbase-kafka-proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka/hbase-kafka-proxy/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   <description>Proxy that forwards HBase replication events to a Kakfa broker</description>
   <properties>
     <collections.version>4.1</collections.version>
-    <commons-lang3.version>3.6</commons-lang3.version>
+    <commons-lang3.version>3.18.0</commons-lang3.version>
     <kafka-clients.version>2.0.0</kafka-clients.version>
     <curator.version>4.2.0</curator.version>
   </properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 81c3586..56cb003 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
     <protobuf.plugin.version>0.5.0</protobuf.plugin.version>
     <commons-io.version>2.18.0</commons-io.version>
     <avro.version>1.11.4</avro.version>
-    <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
+    <commons-lang3.version>3.18.0</commons-lang3.version>
     <!--This property is for hadoops netty. HBase netty
          comes in via hbase-thirdparty hbase-shaded-netty-->
     <netty.hadoop.version>3.10.6.Final</netty.hadoop.version>