diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index db9dae78..f5696773 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4</version>
+      <version>2.7</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>