diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 538cbbd..246e32b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-        <version>1.1</version>
+        <version>2.7</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency> <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>