diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8d1553bb..b7bbbdd6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4</version>
+                <version>2.7</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>net.sf.trove4j</groupId>