diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f33ba575009..961e244c2a5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
             <!-- a dependency of commons-fileupload, but newer version required by tika -->
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6</version>
+            <version>2.7</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>