diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index b71cb9ed..f7363a0e 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1</version>
+            <version>2.7</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.googlecode.jctree</groupId>