diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ba6a6c6887..1857884542 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.0</version>
+      <version>2.16.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.infradna.tool</groupId>