diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8b45f4d..4b559f1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-			<version>2.5</version>
+			<version>2.12.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>args4j</groupId>