diff --git a/OWLTools-Parent/pom.xml b/OWLTools-Parent/pom.xml
index ff4975645..8cff938ea 100644
--- a/OWLTools-Parent/pom.xml
+++ b/OWLTools-Parent/pom.xml
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 				<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-				<version>2.6</version>
+				<version>2.7</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>commons-collections</groupId>