diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index d8bfaa22c8e7..cdd7deb4fe21 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4</version>
+        <version>2.7</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>