diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b79670e95..ee755b9ef 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6</version>
+        <version>2.20.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.freehep</groupId>