diff --git a/graphviz-java/pom.xml b/graphviz-java/pom.xml
index c0eba28b..d716dba3 100644
--- a/graphviz-java/pom.xml
+++ b/graphviz-java/pom.xml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6</version>
+            <version>2.7</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>