diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index bf0966b5a..d99d348c6 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation 'com.couchbase.client:java-client:3.9.2'
   runtimeOnly 'org.postgresql:postgresql:42.7.8' // postgresql jdbc driver required during runtime
 
-  implementation 'commons-io:commons-io:2.20.0' // I/O functionalities
+  implementation 'commons-io:commons-io:2.21.0' // I/O functionalities
   implementation 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.20.0' // needed by commons-compress
   implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-compress:1.28.0' // I/O functionalities
 }