diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e25d707ef6d3..fd6742b029a9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 				<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-				<version>2.11.0</version>
+				<version>2.16.1</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>