diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bf84fadda..86a4512e7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.11.0</version>
+      <version>2.12.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>