diff --git a/java/SphinxSpeechDetection/pom.xml b/java/SphinxSpeechDetection/pom.xml
index 0a18ea75..4a39565c 100644
--- a/java/SphinxSpeechDetection/pom.xml
+++ b/java/SphinxSpeechDetection/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4</version>
+            <version>2.7</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>