diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c398d288..581ea130 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7</version>
+            <version>2.14.0</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@
                         <id>enforce</id>
                         <configuration>
                             <rules>
-                                <requireUpperBoundDeps />
+                                <requireUpperBoundDeps/>
                             </rules>
                         </configuration>
                         <goals>