diff --git a/spring-integration-sftp/pom.xml b/spring-integration-sftp/pom.xml
index e51907f17..073869c0d 100644
--- a/spring-integration-sftp/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-sftp/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-			<version>1.4</version>
+			<version>2.7</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>