diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 746e0eb6a2..d2c97c2408 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
          <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-         <version>2.6</version>
+         <version>2.7</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>