diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eb17410c8..d90f8c6cc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         <dependency>
     		<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
     		<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-    		<version>2.5</version>
+    		<version>2.7</version>
 		</dependency>
         <dependency>
     		<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>