diff --git a/core/pog/pom.xml b/core/pog/pom.xml
index 58914dbf1b..62262bef63 100644
--- a/core/pog/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pog/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4</version>
+      <version>2.7</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>