diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6370adfd..57848a05 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4</version>
+        <version>2.7</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>