diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a7d82431..3b3b3f55 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4</version>
+            <version>2.7</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>