diff --git a/netarchive-warcindexvalidationtool/pom.xml b/netarchive-warcindexvalidationtool/pom.xml
index 02f6672..e841f46 100644
--- a/netarchive-warcindexvalidationtool/pom.xml
+++ b/netarchive-warcindexvalidationtool/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
       <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4</version>
+      <version>2.7</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>