diff --git a/core-services/egov-accesscontrol/pom.xml b/core-services/egov-accesscontrol/pom.xml
index 82042129423..9f86a3715ff 100644
--- a/core-services/egov-accesscontrol/pom.xml
+++ b/core-services/egov-accesscontrol/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5</version>
+            <version>2.14.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>