diff --git a/msal4j-sdk/src/samples/msal-b2c-web-sample/pom.xml b/msal4j-sdk/src/samples/msal-b2c-web-sample/pom.xml
index 68f5df6c..52f24e9a 100644
--- a/msal4j-sdk/src/samples/msal-b2c-web-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/msal4j-sdk/src/samples/msal-b2c-web-sample/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-			<version>3.9</version>
+			<version>3.18.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- Spring 3 dependencies -->
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/msal4j-sdk/src/samples/msal-web-sample/pom.xml b/msal4j-sdk/src/samples/msal-web-sample/pom.xml
index 0ca10a07..d9e2d87d 100644
--- a/msal4j-sdk/src/samples/msal-web-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/msal4j-sdk/src/samples/msal-web-sample/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-			<version>3.9</version>
+			<version>3.18.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Spring 3 dependencies -->