diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 71233c9..064d5c5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     <!-- third party dependencies -->
     <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
     <!-- test dependencies -->
-    <commons.io.version>2.6</commons.io.version>
+    <commons.io.version>2.14.0</commons.io.version>
     <commons.lang3.version>3.8.1</commons.lang3.version>
     <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
     <junit.jupiter.version>5.4.0</junit.jupiter.version>