diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index f417a8081b..8b31a14f3e 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.16.1</version>
+            <version>2.20.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>