diff --git a/gatling-commons/pom.xml b/gatling-commons/pom.xml
index 88168a6..dc83dff 100644
--- a/gatling-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/gatling-commons/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4</version>
+            <version>2.7</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>