diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e4b15ad..eb69a17 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <aterm-java.version>1.6</aterm-java.version>
     <slf4j-log4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j-log4j.version>
     <junit.version>4.5</junit.version>
-    <commons-io.version>2.4</commons-io.version>
+    <commons-io.version>2.7</commons-io.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>