diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 35dfee94..83a000e8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4</version>
+            <version>2.7</version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>