diff --git a/gigaword-indexer/pom.xml b/gigaword-indexer/pom.xml
index dfdfc23..4cc8398 100644
--- a/gigaword-indexer/pom.xml
+++ b/gigaword-indexer/pom.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-			<version>2.5</version>
+			<version>2.7</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>