diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dbf8e2cf..e41bfad3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -489,7 +489,8 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6</version>
+      <version>2.11.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- test -->