diff --git a/uniprot-datastore/pom.xml b/uniprot-datastore/pom.xml
index d7830a6cd..ea56e2976 100644
--- a/uniprot-datastore/pom.xml
+++ b/uniprot-datastore/pom.xml
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-			<version>2.5</version>
+			<version>2.7</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>