diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f48f1c5..8b81bfd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4</version>
+            <version>2.8.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>joda-time</groupId>