diff --git a/obevo-dependencies/pom.xml b/obevo-dependencies/pom.xml
index 885c5392..4418a44f 100644
--- a/obevo-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/obevo-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-                <version>2.0</version>
+                <version>2.7</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>