diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 326ae8a8f..39a322ae4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.11.0</version>
+            <version>2.12.0</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>