diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5f639e7..4f4a50e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5</version>
+            <version>2.6</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- JSON Mapper, currently only for testing -->
         <dependency>