diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b09912b..d8b1572 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <commons-configuration.version>1.10</commons-configuration.version>
     <commons-collections4.version>4.2</commons-collections4.version>
     <commons-exec.version>1.3</commons-exec.version>
-    <commons-io.version>2.7</commons-io.version>
+    <commons-io.version>2.14.0</commons-io.version>
     <commons-lang3.version>3.3.1</commons-lang3.version>
     <eclipse.swt.version>4.3</eclipse.swt.version>
     <!-- TODO: test with later version e.g. 4.6 -->