diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1537e4b..48cf7ea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7</version>
+            <version>2.16.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- JSON Mapper, currently only for testing -->
         <dependency>