diff --git a/dhis-2/pom.xml b/dhis-2/pom.xml
index 087529c22..b21d9b107 100644
--- a/dhis-2/pom.xml
+++ b/dhis-2/pom.xml
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6</version>
+        <version>2.7</version>
       </dependency>      
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>