diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b11acf3..9def20c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
         <commons-configuration.version>1.6</commons-configuration.version>
         <commons-daemon.version>1.0.13</commons-daemon.version>
         <commons-digester.version>1.8</commons-digester.version>
-        <commons-io.version>2.4</commons-io.version>
+        <commons-io.version>2.7</commons-io.version>
         <commons-lang.version>2.6</commons-lang.version>
         <commons-logging.version>1.1.3</commons-logging.version>
         <commons-math3.version>3.1.1</commons-math3.version>