diff --git a/pmd/pmd_modified/pmd_modified/pom.xml b/pmd/pmd_modified/pmd_modified/pom.xml
index 70aa28fe..8492310a 100644
--- a/pmd/pmd_modified/pmd_modified/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd/pmd_modified/pmd_modified/pom.xml
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ Additionally it includes CPD, the copy-paste-detector. CPD finds duplicated code
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6</version>
+                <version>2.7</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>