diff --git a/molicode-common/pom.xml b/molicode-common/pom.xml
index 44ba60c..ef7562b 100644
--- a/molicode-common/pom.xml
+++ b/molicode-common/pom.xml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4</version>
+            <version>2.7</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>