diff --git a/cowsay/pom.xml b/cowsay/pom.xml
index 0f8236f..b981587 100644
--- a/cowsay/pom.xml
+++ b/cowsay/pom.xml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-			<version>2.7</version>
+			<version>2.14.0</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>