diff --git a/andhow-testing/andhow-simulated-app-tests/andhow-multimodule-dataprocess/pom.xml b/andhow-testing/andhow-simulated-app-tests/andhow-multimodule-dataprocess/pom.xml
index 6c686cdf..d40d69f6 100644
--- a/andhow-testing/andhow-simulated-app-tests/andhow-multimodule-dataprocess/pom.xml
+++ b/andhow-testing/andhow-simulated-app-tests/andhow-multimodule-dataprocess/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 				<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-				<version>2.7</version>
+				<version>2.14.0</version>
 				<scope>test</scope>
 			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4d8c08d6..6944f845 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 				<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-				<version>2.7</version>
+				<version>2.14.0</version>
 				<scope>test</scope>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>