diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0eb0234..5148e2e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-		    <version>2.5</version>
+		    <version>2.7</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>org.apache.uima</groupId>