diff --git a/tools/tars-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/tools/tars-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 2f15511..e2b64d2 100644
--- a/tools/tars-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/tars-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2</version>
+            <version>2.7</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>