diff --git a/crowdsource-core/pom.xml b/crowdsource-core/pom.xml
index 4f9b567ff..e8ae54ee9 100644
--- a/crowdsource-core/pom.xml
+++ b/crowdsource-core/pom.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4</version>
+            <version>2.7</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Tests -->