diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 06f2c794..70be9072 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-                <version>2.11.0</version>
+                <version>2.16.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>