diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b30e1ee1c6..34f676b403 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
         <activation.version>1.1.1</activation.version>
         <commons-collections.version>3.2.1</commons-collections.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.4</commons-lang3.version>
-        <commons-io.version>2.6</commons-io.version>
+        <commons-io.version>2.7</commons-io.version>
         <guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
         <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <lombok.version>1.18.4</lombok.version>