diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 85a669e63..e32808193 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@
          <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3</version>
+            <version>2.7</version>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>