diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ef060403d..9ef770b26 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
         <commons-logging.version>1.2</commons-logging.version>
         <joda-time.version>2.8</joda-time.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.4</commons-lang3.version>
-        <commons-io.version>2.4</commons-io.version>
+        <commons-io.version>2.7</commons-io.version>
         <!--  Dependencies [TEST]:  -->
         <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <hamcrest-all.version>1.3</hamcrest-all.version>