diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 57da3d3dd..d77a3893d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0</version>
+        <version>2.7</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>