diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b7668e9..f543fd7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3.2</version>
+            <version>2.7</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- For spring beans to drive configuration loading. -->