diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c9177e89..cfb0fcae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@
     <dependency> 
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>  
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>  
-      <version>2.4</version> 
+      <version>2.7</version> 
     </dependency>  
     <dependency> 
       <groupId>org.netbeans.modules</groupId>