diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 90b9ea9..595d66a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>  <!-- Apache commons io -->
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.0</version>
+      <version>2.14.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>  <!-- Apache commons logging -->