diff --git a/core-services/egov-data-uploader/pom.xml b/core-services/egov-data-uploader/pom.xml
index 8ee372d9bc7..40099592d3e 100644
--- a/core-services/egov-data-uploader/pom.xml
+++ b/core-services/egov-data-uploader/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.5</version>
+      <version>2.14.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>