diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 20a63d41f5bf5..244d3e6b6b5eb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
     <snappy.version>1.1.7.3</snappy.version>
     <netlib.java.version>1.1.2</netlib.java.version>
     <commons-codec.version>1.10</commons-codec.version>
-    <commons-io.version>2.4</commons-io.version>
+    <commons-io.version>2.7</commons-io.version>
     <!-- org.apache.commons/commons-lang/-->
     <commons-lang2.version>2.6</commons-lang2.version>
     <!-- org.apache.commons/commons-lang3/-->