diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f88539d9..bc6f7d42 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     <jenkins-version>1.644</jenkins-version>
     <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
     <mockito-core.version>3.0.0</mockito-core.version>
-    <commons-io.version>2.4</commons-io.version>
+    <commons-io.version>2.7</commons-io.version>
     <xstream.version>1.4.7-jenkins-1</xstream.version>
     <commons-lang.version>3.9</commons-lang.version>
     <json-lib.version>2.4</json-lib.version>