diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 40087bf..7d47cda 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
             <!-- Apache Software License, http://commons.apache.org/io/license.html -->
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4</version>
+            <version>2.7</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>