diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d0122a796..42dcfb58b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6</version>
+                <version>2.9.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>