diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cd1e03d..d8bbb69 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3</version>
+      <version>2.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>