diff --git a/local_tests/java/build.gradle b/local_tests/java/build.gradle
index 89391fb70..605bae8bf 100644
--- a/local_tests/java/build.gradle
+++ b/local_tests/java/build.gradle
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ dependencies {
         'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-log4j2:1.3.0',
     )
     implementation 'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-events:3.7.0'
-    implementation group: 'commons-io', name: 'commons-io', version: '2.8.0'
+    implementation group: 'commons-io', name: 'commons-io', version: '2.14.0'
 }
 
 // Task for building the zip file for upload