diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 535a7b53181..d13239e5558 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     <!-- do not update necessary for lesson -->
     <checkstyle.version>3.1.2</checkstyle.version>
     <commons-collections.version>3.2.1</commons-collections.version>
-    <commons-io.version>2.7</commons-io.version>
+    <commons-io.version>2.11.0</commons-io.version>
     <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
     <commons-text.version>1.10.0</commons-text.version>
     <guava.version>30.1-jre</guava.version>