diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 22db81be..c25d87df 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
          <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-         <version>2.4</version>
+         <version>2.7</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>commons-net</groupId>