diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d8b214a3..4cbf5575 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <name>bandwidth-sdk</name>
     <version>1.0.0</version>
     <url>https://github.com/Bandwidth/java-sdk</url>
-    <description>The official client SDK for Bandwidth&#39;s Voice, Messaging, MFA, and WebRTC APIs</description>
+    <description>The official client SDK for Bandwidth's Voice, Messaging, MFA, and WebRTC APIs</description>
     <scm>
         <url>https://github.com/Bandwidth/java-sdk</url>
         <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:Bandwidth/java-sdk.git</connection>
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
         <okhttp-version>4.12.0</okhttp-version>
         <gson-version>2.10.1</gson-version>
         <version.commons-io>2.14.0</version.commons-io>
-        <commons-lang3-version>3.14.0</commons-lang3-version>
+        <commons-lang3-version>3.18.0</commons-lang3-version>
         <jaxb.version>4.0.0</jaxb.version>
         <jackson-databind-nullable-version>0.2.6</jackson-databind-nullable-version>
         <jakarta-annotation-version>1.3.5</jakarta-annotation-version>