diff --git a/jibx-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/jibx-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index c34375d..e592dbc 100644
--- a/jibx-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/jibx-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
       <dependency>
           <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
           <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-          <version>2.6</version>
+          <version>2.7</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>