diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8604bc50..c2487929 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7</version>
+        <version>2.8.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>