diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cf89cd53..d3fd58ac 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4</version>
+            <version>2.7</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- needed to load settings (URL etc.) from the maven settings file -->