diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3ab975e26..e308b0505 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.0</version>
+            <version>2.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.everit-org.json-schema</groupId>