diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2bddd6c08..a12fc03c3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <catch-exception.version>2.0</catch-exception.version>
-    <commons-io.version>2.6</commons-io.version>
+    <commons-io.version>2.7</commons-io.version>
     <commons-lang3.version>3.9</commons-lang3.version>
     <guava.version>27.1-jre</guava.version>
     <jackson-annotations.version>2.8.0</jackson-annotations.version>