diff --git a/dg-core/pom.xml b/dg-core/pom.xml
index ec4ccf15..5bba1e5f 100644
--- a/dg-core/pom.xml
+++ b/dg-core/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1</version>
+            <version>2.7</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- For SCXML Executor and Parsing Utilities -->