diff --git a/cloud-spanner-r2dbc-samples/cloud-spanner-r2dbc-sample/pom.xml b/cloud-spanner-r2dbc-samples/cloud-spanner-r2dbc-sample/pom.xml
index 0793800a..9e9c7479 100644
--- a/cloud-spanner-r2dbc-samples/cloud-spanner-r2dbc-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/cloud-spanner-r2dbc-samples/cloud-spanner-r2dbc-sample/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <apache-commons-io.version>2.15.0</apache-commons-io.version>
-    <apache-commons-lang.version>3.13.0</apache-commons-lang.version>
+    <apache-commons-lang.version>3.18.0</apache-commons-lang.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>