diff --git a/siloCore/pom.xml b/siloCore/pom.xml
index 4560f4bd8..c2a7cab3e 100644
--- a/siloCore/pom.xml
+++ b/siloCore/pom.xml
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7</version>
+            <version>2.14.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>