diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 973e12cf9..b7d324991 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5</version>
+        <version>2.7</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>