diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5f7d65d..f746112 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6</version>
+            <version>2.7</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- For the probability calculation -->