diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6b68932efe577..80692e0445f2b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ under the License.
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 				<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-				<version>2.4</version>
+				<version>2.7</version>
 			</dependency>
 
 			<!-- commons collections needs to be pinned to this critical security fix version -->