diff --git a/hadoop-2.6.5-src/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-2.6.5-src/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 4c38780b2b..2577f3967b 100644
--- a/hadoop-2.6.5-src/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-2.6.5-src/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4</version>
+        <version>2.7</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ed974f109d..ce20929c0e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
     <netlib.java.version>1.1.2</netlib.java.version>
     <calcite.version>1.2.0-incubating</calcite.version>
     <commons-codec.version>1.10</commons-codec.version>
-    <commons-io.version>2.4</commons-io.version>
+    <commons-io.version>2.7</commons-io.version>
     <!-- org.apache.commons/commons-lang/-->
     <commons-lang2.version>2.6</commons-lang2.version>
     <!-- org.apache.commons/commons-lang3/-->