diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e15cc97e..2325bc11 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.19.0</version>
+      <version>2.20.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- this lib has been moved to org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient
     <dependency>