diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d60fe8f..e36c799 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6</version>
+        <version>2.7</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>