diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 068970b2..c05e9ebc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 			<!-- for some reason I can't bump this past 2.7. Will need to investgiate. -->
 			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-			<version>2.7</version>
+			<version>2.14.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.jdom/jdom2 -->
 		<dependency>