diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 67fa9ec369..cae2c1a5f9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     <commons-cli.version>1.2</commons-cli.version>
     <commons-codec.version>1.15</commons-codec.version>
     <commons-collections4.version>4.4</commons-collections4.version>
-    <commons-io.version>2.8.0</commons-io.version>
+    <commons-io.version>2.16.0</commons-io.version>
     <commons-lang.version>2.6</commons-lang.version>
     <clover.license>${user.home}/clover.license</clover.license>
     <dependency-check-maven.version>1.3.6</dependency-check-maven.version>