diff --git a/samples/client/echo_api/java/okhttp-gson-user-defined-templates/pom.xml b/samples/client/echo_api/java/okhttp-gson-user-defined-templates/pom.xml
index c8559aa93a36..721a9ecc1b4b 100644
--- a/samples/client/echo_api/java/okhttp-gson-user-defined-templates/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/client/echo_api/java/okhttp-gson-user-defined-templates/pom.xml
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@
         <gson-fire-version>1.9.0</gson-fire-version>
         <okhttp-version>4.12.0</okhttp-version>
         <gson-version>2.10.1</gson-version>
-        <commons-lang3-version>3.14.0</commons-lang3-version>
+        <commons-lang3-version>3.18.0</commons-lang3-version>
         <jackson-databind-nullable-version>0.2.6</jackson-databind-nullable-version>
         <jakarta-annotation-version>1.3.5</jakarta-annotation-version>
         <junit-version>5.10.3</junit-version>