diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 59a9829..8132ed5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3</version>
+            <version>2.14.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- testing -->