diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bd31f3ea..92480182 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6</version>
+      <version>2.11.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>