diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a77597336..d5bb69dba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         <commons-cli.version>1.2</commons-cli.version>
         <commons-lang.version>2.6</commons-lang.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.1</commons-lang3.version>
-        <commons-io.version>2.4</commons-io.version>
+        <commons-io.version>2.7</commons-io.version>
         <commons-configuration.version>1.9</commons-configuration.version>
         <commons-daemon.version>1.0.15</commons-daemon.version>
         <commons-httpclient.version>3.1</commons-httpclient.version>