diff --git a/dbdeploy-core/pom.xml b/dbdeploy-core/pom.xml
index 1e8b669..e3016ee 100644
--- a/dbdeploy-core/pom.xml
+++ b/dbdeploy-core/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4</version>
+            <version>2.7</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>