diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b3f4da0f72..12116ae273 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6</version>
+            <version>2.8.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>