diff --git a/tools/pom.xml b/tools/pom.xml
index fb363ba73c2..14a2e53108d 100644
--- a/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/pom.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 				<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-				<version>2.11.0</version>
+				<version>2.18.0</version>
 			</dependency>
 
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