diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 310ac17f..4cee8d39 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-        <version>2.15.1</version>
+        <version>2.16.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>