diff --git a/ebean-core/pom.xml b/ebean-core/pom.xml
index dbde9f167..13732d513 100644
--- a/ebean-core/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-core/pom.xml
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.5</version>
+      <version>2.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>